Accessibility Broadband Dropout Education 
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 22, 2020
Such closures have a disastrous impact on education in STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and math. student of color and a past New York City public school educator, I am particularly concerned about how these closures are hurting Hispanic and Black children and those from low-income families.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
“We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”.
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The Hechinger Report
JUNE 27, 2020
Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. Greenville schools have some of the highest school dropout rates in the state, and Johnson also viewed staying at home as necessary to defend her children’s chances of living an easier life. “I This story also appeared in HuffPost.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. Early college access for later success. For students that fall behind, they can make up lost credits online and catch up to their peers.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 20, 2020
Eileen Wood, a first-grade teacher in Stoneham, Massachusetts, joined educators last month in a parade through town to greet students after schools closed. The conversations reminded me why the relationships teachers form with children – and vice versa – are so often the key to educational success. How will we graduate?” said Glick. “I
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. For these students, poverty brings a host of other disadvantages, most beyond the school district’s control: broken homes, transient living situations, and a lack of educational support at home. to 11:30 p.m,
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Anna Phelan , kindergarten teacher at Overbrook Educational Center in Philadelphia. It feels really good and really important that our children… have access to in-person, five-day-a-week education. I think the oldest of my children, whose education was synchronous … fell behind substantially less than the others.
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