EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

Tablets have surged from 26% to 55% usage as kids’ device of choice during car rides. Eighty-eight percent (88) of 13-17-year-olds have access to cellphones. Ninety-one (91) percent have access to computers, tablets or cellphones. More parents are sending their young children to elementary school with a smartphone.

Dropout 100

Dropout Smartphone Tablets Report 100

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.

Digital Divide 109

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. Most learners have access to a tablet device, iPad, or some other form of smartphone device, but many don't have physical books at home. What is available to my learners at school and at home?

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

In the meantime, the middle schooler would be left to keep up with her schoolwork on her own, on a district-issued tablet that Curry says would often lock her granddaughter out. We are speaking about an equal right, an equal opportunity to access education,” said Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2021

Of those, only a handful require instruction on how to use or access contraception, according to data gathered by SIECUS , an organization that promotes comprehensive sexual health education policies. We provided laptops and tablets as well as ‘hot spots’ to all our girls who needed them,” Hall said. “We

Kaplan 111

Kaplan Report Policies Laptops 111

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” Via the Future of Privacy Forum : “ Law Enforcement Access to Student Records : What Is the Law?”

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Education Company Data Report 47