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

The Hechinger Report

School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning.

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

The Hechinger Report

A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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How to Plan for Hybrid Teaching and Learning

Graphite Blog

As school districts continue to make and revise plans to open the 2020–2021 school year, many are considering adopting blended or hybrid learning-based schedules. There is widespread hope that some form of face-to-face interaction can be safely combined with remote learning. Different modes, different strategies.

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Where have all the kindergartners gone?

The Hechinger Report

After that one morning session, Dunlap, a scientist who grew up in Japan, withdrew Annika from kindergarten at her local public elementary school in Fremont, California. Kindergarten, a foundational grade for young children, is typically the first year of elementary school, even in the 31 states where it isn’t required.

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These parents want more virtual learning. New Jersey says they’re on their own

The Hechinger Report

Then she took to Google, researching the virtual homeschool options in her state, trying to suss out the rules and regulations with which she would have to comply. Martin’s concerns about in-person schooling are three-fold. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, virtual learning has worked for her son, who has autism and ADHD.

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Build With Care: Recruiting Student and Teacher Voices to Rethink Schools Because of the Pandemic

MindShift

Its findings were drawn from interviews with teachers and students across elementary, middle and high schools about their pandemic learning experience. We emphasized deep learning instead of shallow coverage. — Neema Avashia (@AvashiaNeema) July 22, 2021. We made sure families’ basic needs were met.

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What Does Decreased School Enrollment Mean for Kindergarteners?

MindShift

After that one morning session, Dunlap, a scientist who grew up in Japan, withdrew Annika from kindergarten at her local public elementary school in Fremont, California. Kindergarten, a foundational grade for young children, is typically the first year of elementary school, even in the 31 states where it isn’t required. Ann Voong).