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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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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Oakland’s partnership, known as #OaklandUndivided , launched in May 2020. OAKLAND, Calif. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Educators Share What’s Working in Distance Learning

MIND Research Institute

There is nothing black-and-white about how to best support our students and families,” said Dr. Barbara Adams, principal at Findley Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. 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.

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Essential Guide to Digital Citizenship for CIPA and E-Rate

Graphite Blog

This category covers the services necessary to support broadband connectivity in schools and libraries, including data links that connect multiple points, services used to connect eligible locations to the internet, and services that provide basic conduit access to the internet. USAC eligible services FAQ page.

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Reach out!: Web-Based Advice Service for School Librarians

NeverEndingSearch

A Google form on the site will collect questions, along with context relating to grade level, location, and the category of the inquiry. He understands that digital equity doesn’t simply mean access to broadband or computers. 2020) is available on the NCDE website. Harvey II; Dr. M. Martin; Leslie B. Preddy; Harriet S.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., on March 18, 2020. At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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Susan Gentz, a partner at K20Connect, provided a guide to the types of emergency federal funding that became available during the summer of 2020, as well as some of the issues that districts receiving funding will need to work through. Arati is currently on the edtech advisory board for Central Square Foundation in New Delhi, India.

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