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New Federal Bills to Help Close the Digital Divide and Homework Gap
CUE
APRIL 7, 2020
The post New Federal Bills to Help Close the Digital Divide and Homework Gap appeared first on CUE, Inc. Legislative Advocacy
Digital Equity Act Would Provide $250M Annually to Address Digital Divide
Edsurge
APRIL 12, 2019
Proponents of digital learning, as well as those committed to closing the nation's “homework gap,” rejoiced on Thursday when the U.S. students without home internet access, many of whom are now expected to use digital learning every day to access class materials and complete homework assignments. and Puerto Rico, create and implement digital equity plans , launch digital inclusion projects and support evidence-based research to measure the effectiveness of both.
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New Federal Bills to Fund Wi-Fi Hotspots to Schools to Help Close the Homework Gap
CUE
MARCH 21, 2020
Prepared by John Cradler, CUE Legislation and Policy Consultant According to FCC Commissioner, Jessica Rosenworcel, Living with the Coronavirus is going to reveal hard truths about the digital divide. Legislative Advocacy
CUE Leaders Make National Impact: Members Educate Legislators and Policymakers in D.C.
CUE
MAY 21, 2017
The focus of the advocacy efforts was on support for E-rate, LifeLine Program, Student Data and Privacy, and fully funding Title IV of ESSA. CUE members Pam Hernandez (SLOCUE) and Micah Studer (CapCUE) joined CEO Mike Lawrence and Legislative Policy Consultant John Cradler as part of the Ed Tech Advocacy and Policy Summit hosted by ISTE, CoSN and SETDA with support from SIIA, the Center for Digital Education and Discovery Education. Advocacy advocacy ESSA FCC Title IV
CUE Leaders Make National Impact: Members Educate Legislators and Policymakers in D.C.
CUE
MAY 21, 2017
The focus of the advocacy efforts was on support for E-rate, LifeLine Program, Student Data and Privacy, and fully funding Title IV of ESSA. CUE members Pam Hernandez (SLOCUE) and Micah Studer (CapCUE) joined CEO Mike Lawrence and Legislative Policy Consultant John Cradler as part of the Ed Tech Advocacy and Policy Summit hosted by ISTE, CoSN and SETDA with support from SIIA, the Center for Digital Education and Discovery Education. Advocacy advocacy ESSA FCC Title IV
5 Ideas to Improve Rural Education in America
The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 24, 2017
This digital divide and poverty create unique challenges. The need for more rural education advocacy. She is an NASSP Digital Principal, and was a featured panelist & Principal of 1st rural school featured @ Digital Learning Day Live! Daisy currently hosts “ Totally Rural ,” a National Podcast bringing attention to Rural Business and Education issues, promoting advocacy in across the rural American space.
A Tale of Two American Education Systems: An Edtech Investor’s Perspective
Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2020
It’s a longstanding national crisis, often referred to as the “digital divide,” which at Kapor Capital we identify as one of the cumulative barriers across The Leaky Tech Pipeline. And it means funding companies and founders who are committed to closing the digital divide.
OPINION: School leaders must come forward to help Latino students after the pandemic set back long-awaited progress
The Hechinger Report
JULY 5, 2021
Related: Survey reveals stark rich-poor divide in how U.S. Overcoming the digital divide is just one of the many challenges Latino students — who make up 25 percent of all schoolchildren now and will be more than a third of that population by 2050 — are facing.
OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 19, 2021
Schools’ struggles to engage English learners’ families during the pandemic partly stem from another pre-pandemic inequity — gaps in access to digital learning devices and the internet.
8 ways schools can become truly Future Ready
eSchool News
JULY 12, 2015
Advice for districts seeking to become better at digital teaching and learning. It’s about taking measurable, sometimes scary, steps toward a digital future that is still very much uncertain, according to speakers at a recent ISTE panel discussion on the topic, “ Is Your District Future Ready? Being Future Ready is about more than just signing a pledge or attending an event.
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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students
edWeb.net
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
First, districts need to address the digital divide/homework gap in meaningful ways. Another aspect of the digital divide includes teachers. By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.
State Spotlight: Texas’ Student-Centered Response to COVID-19
ExcelinEd
AUGUST 3, 2020
Last week , Excel in Ed hosted Commissioner Morat h and Jennifer Esterline , founder and director of Educate Texas’ Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium , for a deep dive into about the state’s COVID-19 strategy and approach.? ? . It include s a digital curriculum for full virtual, hybrid or in-class learning environments that districts may use , in full or in part , to customize and meet their needs. . Bridging the Digital Divide.
Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change
The Hechinger Report
MAY 23, 2020
The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. But more work needs to be done to shrink the digital divide. This story was produced as part of the nine-part series “Are We Ready?
Nearly all American classrooms can now connect to high-speed internet, effectively closing the “connectivity divide”
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 23, 2019
The nonprofit launched in 2012, and when it explored school connectivity data the following year, it found that just 30 percent of school districts had sufficient bandwidth to support digital learning, or 100 kbps per student. We believed if we had connectivity in every classroom, that would give every teacher the opportunity to take advantage of digital learning.”. There is still a digital divide in classrooms based on what technology is being used and how.
Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 14, 2021
Over the decades, however, local PTAs shifted their attention and efforts away from advocacy work to fundraising for individual schools. Related: A parent-led effort to close the digital divide.
Report: 41 percent of schools are under-connected
eSchool News
APRIL 7, 2016
A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support. This kind of connectivity is necessary, the authors note, to help connect students to high-quality digital learning opportunities.
Blending learning from the top down or the ground up?
The Christensen Institute
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
As more states gear up for online testing regimes, state agencies and advocacy groups are flocking to support digital infrastructure and learning. Similarly, in Massachusetts, the Digital Connections Partnership Schools Grant is a competitive, matching state grant program to bridge the digital divide that exists in some schools across the Commonwealth and strengthen 21 st -century teaching and learning.
16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools
Tom Murray
AUGUST 21, 2016
Common Sense Education provides digital literacy and citizenship programs to educators and school communities with a goal of empowering students to harness technology for learning and life. Free resources include ratings and reviews of apps, games, and websites, designed to help teachers find and use the best digital tools for their classrooms. Organization: Digital Promise.
"Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference - Registrations and Call for Proposals Open
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
AUGUST 23, 2021
Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Her current research involves the deployment and study of emerging information technologies supportive of digital inclusion and resiliency.
Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises
edWeb.net
OCTOBER 15, 2020
The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.
Call for Proposals Now Open - "Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
AUGUST 6, 2021
Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Her current research involves the deployment and study of emerging information technologies supportive of digital inclusion and resiliency.
Announcing October 21st Mini-Conference: "Libraries as Community Anchors"
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
JULY 29, 2021
Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Her current research involves the deployment and study of emerging information technologies supportive of digital inclusion and resiliency.
Counseling kids during the coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher
The Hechinger Report
MAY 8, 2020
Just before this crisis began, Arizona was poised to spend millions more on boosting its thin roster of counselors, thanks in part to the advocacy of students like Kumar.
A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 22, 2020
There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal.
Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants
edWeb.net
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
a managing member of the Broadband Law Group, said there is “a lot going on at the state level with digital equity and getting the right connectivity.” There needs to be secure, robust, and reliable networks that provide access to digital content as technologies evolve, and in many districts another growing concern is equitable access, both in and out of school. She is a past board member and chair of CoSN and is Vice President of Advocacy and Programs for LACUE.
Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access
techlearning
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Digital equity is one of the most complex and urgent issues facing 21st-century educators. Digital equity is one of the most complex and urgent issues facing 21st-century educators. Many educators are looking beneath the surface inequities of devices and connectivity to consider how digital tools can revolutionize learning and address even deeper inequities. DEFINING EQUITY: EMPATHY, AUTHENTICITY, AND ACCESS Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, William J.
Not all towns are created equal, digitally
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 21, 2017
And their cash-strapped school district has struggled to provide them with even the most basic digital tools. It’s about helping students with limited tech skills be prepared for a global economy that is becoming increasingly digitized. The school district is working to raise money for more computers and technology training, hoping to better prepare its students for an increasingly digitized economy. Nor is he the only one on a digital crusade.
Hack Education Weekly News
Hack Education
OCTOBER 27, 2017
” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. Chavous is a founding board member of the American Federation for Children , the school choice advocacy group formerly chaired by Betsy DeVos.” “Higher Education, Digital Divides , and a Balkanized Internet” by Bryan Alexander. (National) Education Politics.
Hack Education Weekly News
Hack Education
JUNE 10, 2016
Humphrey testified that he hired Hubbard on a $7,500-per-month consulting contract to connect him to legislative leaders in other states, as Edgenuity tried to sell digital courses.” ” From the story: “Online education company Udacity plans to branch out of its core technology market to meet growing demand for digitally-skilled workers in areas such as banking and the car industry, its co-founder told Reuters as the company launched in Germany.”
The Politics of Education Technology
Hack Education
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Before I turn to the President-Elect’s campaign promises and potential education and computer technology policies, I want to note that this Presidential election was influenced by digital technologies in ways that make the “ digital masterminds ” who supposedly helped Obama win re-election pale by comparison: Hacks – perhaps by Russia – of the Democratic National Committee. This is part two of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.
The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade
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,
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