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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

Inside Castlemont’s media center in May 2021, Chromebook carts are completely empty. In the early days of the pandemic, every Chromebook on campus was lent out to students during remote learning. Jen Bender, the data tech lead at Castlemont High School, gives a new student her #OaklandUndivided Chromebook and hot spot in May 2021.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Kristen Danusis, a former school psychologist who became the principal in 2013, tells me that many of her students live “off the grid,” in households that earn little regular income. The ratio of children to Chromebooks, in grades three through five, is one to one. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds.

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‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school

The Hechinger Report

Since 2013, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of children like Nando fleeing poverty and violence in Central America. Prince George’s County distributed free Chromebooks and mobile Wi-Fi units but often these kids and their relatives don’t know how to log on or how to troubleshoot.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” ” “Caution: Chromebooks ,” writes Gary Stager. .” That’s the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow , which is already having to repay Ohio some $60 million. ” Immigration and Education.