eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021. Hands-on learning will make a big comeback. We are hopeful that, when the pandemic lifts, we can welcome a return to hands-on, collaborative, creative technology education in 2021.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Wright and her team at the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) immediately began work on a strategic approach to narrow the digital learning divide between students living in different parts of the state. Data will be collected through fall 2021 with another data collection planned for spring 2022.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Schools across the country were forced to rapidly shift to distance learning last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as the 2020-2021 school year began in the fall and teachers and students were still trying to adjust to this “new normal,” those in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program had an advantage.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

times the rate of white students, according to an analysis of federal data by the New York Civil Liberties Union. In Utah, the Murray City School District had been slowly developing a broadband network for students for two years when funding from the CARES Act helped the district speed up the rollout.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

Before the pandemic, the state ranked lowest on the number of broadband subscribers per capita. In a fall 2021 survey of more than 100,000 Mississippi students conducted by the MDE, over 40 percent reported that digital learning was difficult because the internet connection at school did not work all the time or was too slow.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Kajeet introduced Kajeet Private Wireless, its next-gen, cloud-based, private 5G and LTE platform delivering fast, secure, and reliable broadband connectivity for students in remote areas and communities underserved by public wireless options.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

The real-time view provides the most comprehensive look at digital learning disparities. For the first time, national daily edtech trends are aggregated and visible to understand and identify digital learning disparities. The data was collected through LearnPlatform’s proprietary, research-based technology.

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