The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Our extensive work at MCJ culminated in a report that showcased an unsettling reality: Affordability and availability are formidable barriers to internet access, while reading and math proficiency rates are significantly below the state averages in grades 3-8. A significant challenge for Delta communities is the ever-growing digital divide.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

To further the mission of closing the Digital Divide for students across the United States, each grant recipient will receive up to $25,000, which they may use for any combination of Kajeet Education Broadband solutions, including WiFi hotspots, school bus WiFi, LTE-embedded Chromebooks and routers. Kajeet holds 40 U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Back in April, as schools across the country shifted to online instruction to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Scott Muri saw firsthand just how damaging lack of internet access can be for students and families. They said these are the only students that have access to the internet from their homes,” Muri said. “So,

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Most of these households, he said, “have infrastructure available at their home but they just can’t afford to sign up for a broadband service.” Only a third of those without broadband access blame a lack of infrastructure; the remaining two thirds without access say they can’t afford it, Marwell said.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

But Caposey, the superintendent of Meridian CUSD 223 in Illinois, added that the pandemic also forced them to realize “massive equity and access issues.” As a district in a small, rural community, they suffered from the kind of broadband access issues that were spotlighted by the pandemic.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2015

As digital tools play an increasingly larger role in learning, states are targeting school broadband access for all students. Working with state leaders is a key factor in pushing these school broadband partnerships to success, said EducationSuperHighway founder and CEO Evan Marwell. New Mexico Gov. Martinez said in a statement.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated over $45 billion to states for broadband deployment through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity Act (DEA) programs. Building on that advocacy, EducationSuperHighway has established the No Home Left Offline Coalition.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

EducationSuperHighway today released its annual State of the States report highlighting the major progress that has been achieved to connect nearly every public school classroom to high-speed broadband. million students across the nation who lack access to the minimum connectivity required for digital learning. million students and 2.6

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

A lack of access to digital devices and home broadband access, distractions in learning from home, technical glitches, and unfamiliarity with online teaching and learning best practices are just some of the factors that made remote learning less effective than in-person instruction, especially for students in under-resourced communities.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

boast broadband access these days, and plenty of assignments require the internet, when students head home, their connections are not quite in lockstep with schools. schools to high-speed broadband nears completion. schools to high-speed broadband nears completion. While most schools in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

American Indian and Alaskan Native, Black, and Latino and/or students in high poverty schools) were disproportionately impacted, particularly in the elementary grades that NWEA studied. “As Achievement was lower for all student groups in 2020-21; historically underserved students (e.g.,

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As soon as we distributed our devices to our elementary students, possible or not we had to create a student help desk,” he said. Two recurring themes were the need for more widespread internet access and tech support for families. “It Their interpretation of that answer is someone has a phone that has internet access,” she said.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The CoSN Meeting the Needs of Students Without Home Internet Access webinar on September 19, 2018 reflects the growing concern and call to action for school districts, business communities and state and federal government to address what has been termed as the homework gap. 1 at the elementary level.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

Unequal internet access is just the tip of the iceberg of a massive equity crisis facing U.S. According to the latest survey data from the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of adults have broadband internet at home. About 17 percent of adults access the internet from home through a smartphone only.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2020

One of the largest concerns, though, is equity — not just how we must fund solutions to address disparities in student access to digital devices and broadband Internet, but how students safely engage to drive learning. But access alone wasn’t enough. But access and vetting were only part of the equation.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

While remote learning may be ending in most places across the country, many students will continue to struggle to complete many lessons and assignments because they lack adequate internet service and access to devices at home — a phenomenon commonly referred to as the “homework gap.”. There are some positive findings in the survey.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

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. Adams told MIND that Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) began with a district-wide survey to determine each family’s need for computers or a wired home broadband connection.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

While pre-Ks, elementary schools and some schools for children with complex disabilities reopened in December, there is still no plan to reopen middle and high schools. Related: We must boost elementary science education. Such closures have a disastrous impact on education in STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and math.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. in Communication from University of California, San Diego.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The video’s simplicity and accessibility is the point for ReadyRosie, which offers parents ways to turn a chore like putting away groceries into vocabulary practice. Roden worked as an elementary school teacher and in sales for Pearson before founding ReadyRosie in 2012. It’s smooth and in the pantry,” the boy says slowly. she asks. “Uh-huh,”

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Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

Schools that receive E-rate program discounts for broadband access are required to have internet safety policies with “technology protection measures.” For instance, your elementary learners may have different web filtering needs than your high school learners. Then you can copy the default rule and start adding conditions.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 9, 2017

With just over two million people living in New Mexico and almost 700,000 of them spread across rural regions, many New Mexico students still lack access to the high-speed broadband necessary to take advantage of digital learning in the classroom. Learn more about our Broadband Upgrade Consulting Program.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Though for many school districts, slow download speeds in classrooms serve as the impetus for a network upgrade, there are many reasons district leaders strive to revamp their broadband infrastructure. The broadband itself was sufficient for the number of devices they had now, but what if they wanted to use more devices? .”

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2019

As the Director of Digital Learning at the Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Education office, Ken Klau is focused on the strategy for rethinking the structure and delivery of learning, building a more student-centered system of public education, and creating the next generation of K–12 learning environments.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2021

Today, Historical Jamestowne Island and Cox Business will present a virtual trip for King’s Grant Elementary School from Virginia Beach, VA. Without a reliable broadband connection, thousands of students and adults would’ve missed out on the opportunity to explore Jamestown.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, more commonly known as E-rate, is a federal program through which schools and libraries can apply for funds to purchase hardware, internet access, and telecommunications to connect their students to learning opportunities.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2020

Thousands of Mississippi children will have access to the software this summer as part of an effort to support incoming kindergarteners during the coronavirus pandemic.Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. He also sees an upside to more children gaining access to technology devices like laptops.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Rising fourth graders listen as a teacher reads a book at an elementary school summer program in Silver Spring, MD. We must continue to provide access to software, online libraries and educational videos. are doling out computers and providing access to Wi-Fi — ostensibly essential learning tools — because of the coronavirus emergency.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2017

As the world undergoes a digital transformation—with connectivity and access to computers and mobile devices playing an increasingly prominent role in everyone’s lives—elementary schools know they need to incorporate technology in the educational process to prepare their students for future success. billion in 2017.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

He understands that digital equity doesn’t simply mean access to broadband or computers. It also means access to school librarians. It means access to someone who can teach the skills that students need to be successful. We hope our responses will push and represent larger thinking.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

It will provide more support for students who are struggling in the online environment, it will take some of the burden off of the teachers, and it will help schools support educational equity by creating greater access to services that previously were only available to families that could afford it. – temperature, lighting).

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The Office of the Governor and the Montana Office of Public Instruction have partnered with EducationSuperHighway to bring high-speed broadband to every school in Montana. We are committed to making sure each school – rural or urban, big or small – has equal access to the promise of digital learning.”. “We

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