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The Digital Divide Has Narrowed, But 12 Million Students Are Still Disconnected

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In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. As of December 2020, the number of students impacted by the digital divide has narrowed to 12 million.

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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

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In a new analysis , it finds that 47 percent of U.S. Connected Nation bases the analysis in its “Connect K-12 2020 Executive Summary” on FCC E-Rate application data for the 2020 federal fiscal year. Nonprofit Common Sense has released a new survey and companion analysis about the 0-8 year-old set.

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Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Student Tech Use; Chromebook Predictions; And the Impact of Pandemic Relief Funds

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. “Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

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Report: One of the Biggest Obstacles to Remote Learning? Finding a Quiet Place to Work

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The data was then sent to Baker’s team at UPenn for analysis. Students in districts with high Title I funding, which largely serves low-income communities, also say they are less likely to have a school-provided device, and more likely to use their own computers or mobile phones. Here is the full report.)

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Students Size Up Edtech’s Dark Side

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Read part 1 , part 2 (about audio) , part 3 (about video) , and part 4 (about mobile tech in education). When students in my graduate seminar on education technology were given the chance to select a topic for a class session, they wanted to devote time to the digital world’s dark side. This is part 5.

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OPINION: The biggest danger to U.S. higher education? Losing 20 years’ worth of gains in access for first-generation and minority students

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Related: Analysis: hundreds of colleges and universities show financial warning signs. Higher education is America’s most effective engine of economic and social mobility, and it plays a historically important role in creating a thriving democracy. This pandemic is a perfect storm that could wash away hard-won progress.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

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Safely getting back to the classroom requires many new precautions, and in 2021, innovations in technology such as digital signage software and content management will play a major role. AI offers insights and analysis of the effectiveness of their instruction and its outcome. Jeff Rubenstein, VP Product Strategy, Kaltura.

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