2020, Digital Divide and Trends

Colleges Are Providing Tech to Students to Shrink the Digital Divide

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2021

When colleges in the California State University system sent students home from campus in spring 2020, it quickly became clear that some students lacked reliable access to the internet or computers through which to participate in their pandemic-era emergency remote courses.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide.

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Coronavirus accelerates higher education’s trend toward distance learning

The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2020

The coronavirus-induced shift of learning off campus was dramatic, but it accelerated a trend that has been growing over the past several years. On the other end of the digital divide are more than 1,000 colleges where 95 percent of students or more do no online coursework. When I write, I write formally.’”.

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

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

For example, a recent AP story titled Students Turn to TikTok to Fill Education Gaps , suggests that TikTok is a trend that may be driving the future of education. Close the Digital Gap for Students As technology becomes more ingrained in education, the digital divide is becoming an ever-larger driver of educational inequity.

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Making educators’ lives easier for World Teachers’ Day

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 5, 2021

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. This is undoubtedly a global trend — and a major problem. That’s why neglecting this area can lead to a bigger digital divide among students.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide.

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Do Students Learn Better Online or in a Classroom: Statistics

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Conversely, a 2020 report by the National Education Policy Center found that online charter schools generally underperformed traditional schools in terms of student academic growth.

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This Is the Moment for States to Design the Future of Education

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

To set the foundation for technology-empowered learning during and beyond the pandemic, education leaders are actively tackling internet and device access issues to narrow the digital divide. Educators tell us that they need more support when it comes to their knowledge of using technology in ways that best accelerate learning.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

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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4 Essential Steps to Secure Funding for Hybrid Classroom Technologies

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

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 Samsung’s unique portfolio of in-classroom technology can help bridge the digital divide once funding is secured.

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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

JULY 27, 2020

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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Planning ahead to catch up students when school reopens after coronavirus

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2020

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.

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Nearly all American classrooms can now connect to high-speed internet, effectively closing the “connectivity divide”

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. EducationSuperHighway wanted 99 percent of students to have that level of bandwidth by 2020. Weekly Update.

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Registration Is Open!

ExcelinEd

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Registration is now open for ExcelinEd’s EdPalooza on December 1-3, 2020. EdPalooza is your can’t-miss opportunity to engage with the foremost thought leaders and practitioners in K-12 education on topics that matter most—from the latest policy trends and innovations to emerging and proven solutions for today’s education challenges.

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5G for Education Is Finally Here. First Stop? Cleveland.

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

By supporting schools in low-incomes areas and helping them access high-quality learning technology, the program aims to increase equity and close the digital divide in education. After a successful first year working with Breakthrough, Verizon was looking for a district to serve as its inaugural 5G-enabled education site.

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One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Related: How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students. Subscribe today!

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Sneak a peek at 8 eSN K-12 Hero Awards contenders

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

To meet this challenge, Jhone Ebert, Nevada State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the summer of 2020 announced the launch of the Nevada Digital Learning Collaborative (DLC). ” Mr. Lamont’s program has earned him the Massachusetts Vocation Association (MVA) New Teacher Award in 2020 and many other industry recognitions.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend.

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How did edtech impact learning in 2023?

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Over the past year, we have seen a trend in districts using ESSER funds to create coaching programs to support their educators. It will be important in the coming year for schools and districts to look for trends in their communities and take steps to ensure they can meet the needs of their families and future workforce.

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Counseling kids during the coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2020

The state board of education later approved about half that money for schools to hire nearly 150 new counselors by August 2020. Similar trends have appeared in other states. The digital divide raised similar concerns: If no phone numbers work for a family, if emails remain unanswered, how can counselors gauge the welfare of a child?

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This Year’s ASU+GSV Summit Is Hard to Describe. Here’s Our Best Attempt.

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Go Down Under-Employment Sure, people worry that automation could destroy, say, 5 million jobs across 15 developed nations by 2020. But there’s an equally troubling and less circulated trend: underemployment. Now about 20 companies have signed , too. Ryan Craig of University Ventures claimed that 50 percent of U.S.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. –John Jorgenson, CMO, Cambium.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” Um, they do.) Coding Bootcamps.

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Colleges Are Providing Tech to Students to Shrink the Digital Divide

64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

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Coronavirus accelerates higher education’s trend toward distance learning

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Making educators’ lives easier for World Teachers’ Day

65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

Do Students Learn Better Online or in a Classroom: Statistics

This Is the Moment for States to Design the Future of Education

29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

4 Essential Steps to Secure Funding for Hybrid Classroom Technologies

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

Planning ahead to catch up students when school reopens after coronavirus

Nearly all American classrooms can now connect to high-speed internet, effectively closing the “connectivity divide”

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5G for Education Is Finally Here. First Stop? Cleveland.

One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten

Sneak a peek at 8 eSN K-12 Hero Awards contenders

eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

How did edtech impact learning in 2023?

Counseling kids during the coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher

This Year’s ASU+GSV Summit Is Hard to Describe. Here’s Our Best Attempt.

65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

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