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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness. Follow the League on Twitter: @DPLeague.

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5 Ideas to Improve Rural Education in America

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode 40 of #10MT Interviews Daisy Dyer Duerr From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This digital divide and poverty create unique challenges. The need for more rural education advocacy. Twitter handle: @DaisyDyerDuerr. I hope you enjoy this episode with Daisy!

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Digital Equity Act Would Provide $250M Annually to Address Digital Divide

Edsurge

On Twitter, many individuals and organizations, including FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, who is credited with coining the term “homework gap,” offered full-throated support for the bill and celebrated its introduction with the hashtag #DigitalEquityNow. It's good stuff. SETDA stands with @PattyMurray and calls for #DigitalEquityNow.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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.) And everyone clicks and rages and snipes all over again.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes – think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. In March, the FCC approved a $9.25