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Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Recognized for Addressing Digital Divide During Pandemic

Digital Promise

When schools were forced to quickly shift to distance learning in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) team immediately sprung into action to provide professional learning and support to educators within the network—which grew to 264 middle and high schools across the country by late 2020.

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

The Hechinger Report

18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine. 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 American Rescue Plan in March 2021 created the $7.2

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. education system.

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Making educators’ lives easier for World Teachers’ Day

Neo LMS

In fact, more than three in four teachers say that job-related stress has taken its toll on them during the 2020-2021 school year. For example, do this directly by donating supplies, funding a GoFundMe page set by a teacher, or by pitching in their Amazon (or any other company) wish list. Donating tech teaching equipment.

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4 ways we can use edtech for engaging, high-quality learning experiences

eSchool News

Edtech is booming, with 40 times more venture capital invested in the sector in 2021 than in 2010. This would be a fantastic opportunity for private corporations with extensive IT infrastructures to partner with their local communities to accelerate digital transformations in the public schools. Consider this: 1 in 4 U.S. The result?

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Millions of Students Are Still Without WiFi and Tech—Why Haven’t Policymakers Stepped Up?

Edsurge

Cases like 2020’s Cayla J. Then, there are states that lacked laws prior to 2020, but began responding to the at-home learning requirement with new legislation for future needs. Finally, there are states that had some version of a law prior to 2020 and proceeded to add provisions to better address the needs of distance learning.

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5G for Education Is Finally Here. First Stop? Cleveland.

Edsurge

By supporting schools in low-incomes areas and helping them access high-quality learning technology, the program aims to increase equity and close the digital divide in education. The company’s goal is to connect 100 U.S. schools, all from the Verizon Innovative Learning program, to 5G by the end of 2021.

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