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

The Hechinger Report

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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OPINION: Five ways to achieve equity in remote learning

The Hechinger Report

As the start of the 2020-21 school year approaches, states and school districts are wrestling with decisions about when, how and whether school will take place inside brick-and-mortar classrooms. But access alone wasn’t enough. But access and vetting were only part of the equation. This was a critical first step.

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Educators Share What’s Working in Distance Learning

MIND Research Institute

Adams told MIND that Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) began with a district-wide survey to determine each family’s need for computers or a wired home broadband connection. DMPS distributed nearly 21,000 laptop computers to students throughout Des Moines during two weeks in mid-April. May 5, 2020. March 31, 2020.

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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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The Emergency Home Learning Summit : Amazing Series + Final Early-Bird Pricing #homelearningsummit #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

You will want access to this library long-term, I promise! Lock in now for the best deal if you want "forever" access to all of the content. Check them out! Sessions are free to watch for five days, then become part of the Home Learning Summit library. hours a day. (UCA)

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

As of this fall, it had 198,645 students, compared with 205,778 in the 2019-2020 school year, and was still trying to track down students who’d gone missing. The district’s Covid dashboard shows there have been more than 400 cases among students and staff, and 50 people were quarantined in mid-November. It’s a joke.

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Putting SEL First for Students and Teachers

edWeb.net

Named a 2019 “World Health Organization Champion” and a 2020 Empire Whole Health Hero by Crain’s New York, Ms. McCray helps ensure that the city’s recovery from COVID-19 includes giving hard-hit communities access to resources and services like mental health care, broadband, and small business support.