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

The Hechinger Report

My goal for this year is to see how I’ll make [digital tools] effective in the classroom.”. 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.

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4 Essential Steps to Secure Funding for Hybrid Classroom Technologies

Edsurge

In this situation, teachers need technology tools that allow them to provide the same high-quality experience for students learning at home and in person. Some relief came in 2020 through the CARES Act with an initial $13 billion allotment to K-12 schools. The need for new K-12 classroom technology has never been greater.

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OPINION: Why Black families have found some benefits in distance learning

The Hechinger Report

Most reports about Black students’ experiences during the 2020-21 school year focused on challenges their families faced. In my work as an elementary school teacher and principal, too often I saw teachers and administrators struggling to serve Black families. We’ve started something new that we can’t go away from.

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Educators Share What’s Working in Distance Learning

MIND Research Institute

Unfortunately, school closures have meant a step backward for many when it comes to the digital divide. 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. 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. As the U.S.

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OPINION: Here’s why chronically underfunded HBCUs are needed now more than ever

The Hechinger Report

We were devising ways to get our students money to fix their cars or cover medical bills long before such emergency aid garnered significant attention as a student success tool, and we’ve continued to prioritize it during the pandemic. Second, we’ve taken ownership of the digital divide at the institutional level.

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Planning ahead to catch up students when school reopens after coronavirus

The Hechinger Report

The former might still edge out students already impacted by the nation’s digital divide or who are without adult supervision. Beyond summer school, principals and superintendents will also confront the question of the best way to help students catch up when school resumes — probably with the beginning of the 2020-21 year in August.