The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

In a spring survey in California, nearly one-third of Spanish-speaking families said that they could not understand the distance learning information sent home by their children’s schools. By and large, English learners aren’t thriving under distance learning. For English learners, the pandemic is both a crisis and a revelation.

Education 134

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 134

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

School leaders “should be keenly aware that this is not just a one-time thing,” said Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the nonprofit Learning Policy Institute and of California’s State Board of Education. “If The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide.

Digital Divide 117

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 117

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

One of the challenges of writing this series – and trust me, there are many – is separating my analysis out into ten articles that name ten distinct “trends.” This is part two of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. Gawker Media sold its assets, shut its doors, and filed for bankruptcy.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40