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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

Nationwide, significant progress has been made since March 2020 on closing the digital divide – the chasm between those K-12 learners who have access to reliable internet and computing devices at home and those who don’t. The post Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

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How Can We Close the Digital Learning Gap This School Year?

Digital Promise

My daughter is entering her third year of college, and I have three sons in elementary schools; my youngest starts first grade in a few weeks. There is another consideration that we must take into account when aiming to close the Digital Learning Gap. But what does that look like? I am a father of four.

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Emeritus Expands into K12 through Acquisition of iD Tech Bringing Equitable STEM Education to Adults and Youth Globally

eSchool News

Their long-term learning system is a perfect complement to what we offer adult learners and will allow us to create a formidable life-long learning ecosystem. It positions individuals for success, starting in elementary school and continuing throughout their professional careers.

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Rural Broadband Month: Encouraging Equal Access to Digital Learning

Education Superhighway

A recent victory for Arkansas’ public school system shows that these collaborations can yield tangible and meaningful results, particularly for rural communities. Throughout this month, the FCC will encourage particular focus on issues surrounding digital access in America’s rural communities. or geographic location.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

techlearning

DEFINING EQUITY: EMPATHY, AUTHENTICITY, AND ACCESS Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, William J. Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Palmer High School calibrates the VR system. Amesse Elementary. Digital inequity is the thoughtful and intentional result of many interlocking systems of oppression.

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Rural Broadband Month: Encouraging Equal Access to Digital Learning

Education Superhighway

A recent victory for Arkansas’ public school system shows that these collaborations can yield tangible and meaningful results, particularly for rural communities. Throughout this month, the FCC will encourage particular focus on issues surrounding digital access in America’s rural communities. or geographic location.

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Teachers use high and low-tech means to reach English Language Learners during coronavirus crisis

The Hechinger Report

Administrators at Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, were well aware of the digital divide when they decided to give students both paper and online resources after shuttering schools because of coronavirus. as refugees in 2015, is desperate for his youngest son to retain his English skills.