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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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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. There’s a role, he says, for a hot spot for a student who becomes homeless, for example.

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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. Work experience help.

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

eSchool News

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. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide.

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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. One example is New Jersey, where schools and districts were required to submit to the state “a survey weekly of how many students lacked devices and/or WiFi,” according to Erica Hartman, Director of Technology Integration at New Jersey’s Morris School District.

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4 Essential Steps to Secure Funding for Hybrid Classroom Technologies

Edsurge

Some relief came in 2020 through the CARES Act with an initial $13 billion allotment to K-12 schools. A new funding package from the federal government in December 2020 dedicated an additional $54.3 Creating an itemized budget may require some research and preliminary conversations with edtech and software companies.

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PROOF POINTS: Survey reveals stark rich-poor divide in how U.S. children were taught remotely during the spring school closures

The Hechinger Report

AIR presented early results from its “ National Survey of Public Education’s Response to COVID-19 ” at a virtual session of the Education Writers Association’s national seminar on July 22, 2020. This digital divide had enormous consequences for what instruction meant.

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