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The Digital Divide Has Narrowed, But 12 Million Students Are Still Disconnected

Edsurge

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. As of December 2020, the number of students impacted by the digital divide has narrowed to 12 million.

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7 Ways to Close the Access Gap

Tom Murray

In places like Albemarle County, Virginia , school leaders have been developing a 4G Network to support their entire community, every day of the year, by 2020. Last year, I wrote the post, “ Can Companies Like Facebook Help Close the Access Gap? Partner with Companies Such as Kajeet for Mobile Broadband.

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Triumphs and Troubles in Online Learning Abroad

Edsurge

and Canada for some time, and even today the company is in second place, with DTL Brightspace, a Canadian firm, close behind. Poor Internet Access Cripples Online Higher Ed When the pandemic careened across the globe in spring 2020, U.S. Some observers predict that mobile learning will be the principal mode in Africa in this decade.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

Its 2020 summer conference, originally scheduled for May, convened virtually—but not without losing substantial revenue that it normally generated from its in-person event. Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors.

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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. May 5, 2020. March 31, 2020. March 31, 2020. March 31, 2020. Staying Connected. My son thinks the world of his teacher.

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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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What If Schools Viewed Outdoor Learning as ‘Plan A’?

Edsurge

In June, the group mobilized. The overall sample of 375 districts in the EdSurge/Social Context Labs analysis aims to reflect geographic and socioeconomic diversity, as well as to weight for districts in states with high and low COVID-19 infection rates as of summer 2020. See methodology for this project here.

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