The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

In 2013, families at a Seattle high school raked in more than $100,000 for a raffle to win a Tesla Model S. This year, the Green Lake Parent Teacher Association paid about half that much to cover the cost of the elementary school’s vocal teacher and a portion of a full-time counselor’s salary, among other supports for students.

Elementary 145

Elementary Education Report Groups 145

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As the Coronavirus has changed the landscape of education, I have become more and more aware of inequity and the digital divide. In my reflection, I have attempted to present ideas for all schools across the digital divide. Click here to view over 86 winners going back to 2013. MARCH 30, 2020 · 11:02 PM | EDIT.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: Code.org ®. URL: code.org. Organization: EveryoneOn.

Future Ready 100

Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

." Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Technology switch leaves some upset | Columbia Daily Tribune → Battle High School students and teachers have had iPads since the school opened in 2013. The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

billion people worldwide will have mobile phones by 2013. We used to hear about the digital divide. AWESOME IDEA : Students at the elementary level had to apply to BYOT, indicating how they would use the device for learning. Parents at elementary were assured students would have technology provided to them when needed.

BYOD 60

BYOD Poll Everywhere Mobility Laptops 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. “I’m

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A focus on tackling the digital divide and resource inequities laid bare by the pandemic. In 2013, he became Meriden’s assistant superintendent for teaching and learning. This project was one of the biggest investments in remote learning per student in the country this year and closed the digital divide in Connecticut.”

Education 218

Education Digital Divide Policies Common Core 218

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

As an op-ed in The Washington Post put it , “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” Certainly in the 1990s , when E-rate was introduced, its goal was to address this very issue – “the digital divide.”

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via DelawareOnline : “The first step to reducing violence among young people is to have police officers assigned to elementary and middle schools, says a coalition of state officials, education administrators and police.” He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48