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5 secrets for rolling out a successful 1:1 initiative

eSchool News

Create equitable access. Prior to rolling out our implementation plan, we engaged researchers from Rutgers University to conduct a study on internet access in our communities living in poverty. This signaled a significant gap, where students had unequal access to technology. During this experience, we’ve learned a lot.

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‘The reckoning is here’: More than a third of community college students have vanished

The Hechinger Report

When Santos Enrique Camara arrived at Shoreline Community College in Washington State to study audio engineering, he quickly felt lost. Community colleges can help lift students into the middle class, but their enrollment has plummeted and their dropout rates are high. grade-point average. And that just makes you want to cry.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Digital Promise Global has received a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to address equitable access to computational education in public schools,” Education Week reports. ” Dan Cohen on “What We Learned from Studying the News Consumption Habits of College Students.”