Digital Promise

AUGUST 10, 2016

NSLA states summer learning loss “ is one of the most significant causes of the achievement gap between lower and higher income youth and one of the strongest contributors to the high school dropout rate. Mineola Union Free School District made iPads available to students all summer long.

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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?

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The Electric Educator

APRIL 20, 2011

The first error that technology enthusiasts make is to overemphasize the importance of students’ access to technology in schools and underestimate teachers’ influence on students’ learning. Dan Rezac If you think the iPad (or any other idevice) is the answer to life''s questions? You may not agree, but it will get you talking!

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Some have banded together to call for providing internet hotspots and Chromebooks to millions of students who cannot get online or access lessons. Glick’s school gave out iPads and laptops to students who needed them, while committees at her school are going door to door to track down the non-responders.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

Twelve percent of students do not have access to high-speed internet at home. Juab School District, a member of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools, has about 2,600 students spread across five schools and approximately one-third of them qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure of poverty.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The gifted program at Eve opened two years ago as a way to increase access to Buffalo’s disproportionately white, in-demand gifted and talented programs. There are gifted dropouts. My parents made me make five paper airplanes at home so I would win this,” Sharmin, browsing videos on an iPad with classmate Mariah, said.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

If every child had a computer or iPad, she could log into a customized cyberclassroom and learn at her own pace. She added, “Facebook plays no role in the Summit Learning Program and has no access to any student data.”). A spokeswoman for Summit said in an email, “We only use information for educational purposes.

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