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OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners

The Hechinger Report

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. For English learners, the pandemic is both a crisis and a revelation.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

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It’s an economic concern, as schools consider how they can ensure equal access for all. And it raises questions about gender and race: How can schools inspire more girls and students of color to pursue STEM? REPRESENTATION: SEEING PEOPLE LIKE ME SUCCEEDING IN STEM ChickTech January 2018 Kickoff, Java Workshop, Grades 9–12.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

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Cleveland’s advocacy and perseverance extended beyond mental health services as she oversaw the district-wide launch of Hazel’s at-home physical health services, where students can meet with a medical provider virtually from the comfort of their own homes at no cost, regardless of insurance status. It’s time to try something new.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. . Greeley, Colo.,

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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