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How can we close the digital divide?

The Hechinger Report

The report also offers ways that those digital divides can be mitigated. “We We want to create a sense of urgency to continue to close those gaps,” said Roberto Rodriguez, assistant secretary in the Department of Education’s Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. The post How can we close the digital divide?

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How schools can help students overcome the digital divide

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However, the study also found that educators lack centralized resources and direct support necessary to successfully overcome barriers to the digital divide. Addressing these will be critical to ensuring that school districts and digital navigator programs are effective in closing the digital divide for students.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We

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OPINION: School leaders must come forward to help Latino students after the pandemic set back long-awaited progress

The Hechinger Report

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.

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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

Like McKneely, some educators, government officials and policy experts around the country say the coronavirus carries lessons for another global crisis of our time, climate change. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. Credit: AP Photo/Kantele Franko.

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State Spotlight: Texas’ Student-Centered Response to COVID-19

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When COVID-19 disrupted the traditional model , Commissioner Mike Morath and his team quickly created policies to help ensure students would not fall through the cracks. . How to make operational adjustments so schools are safe for students and staff. . Bridging the Digital Divide.

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Report: 41 percent of schools are under-connected

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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.

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