eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Key points: Without continued funding, schools and libraries may struggle to maintain or upgrade technological infrastructure See article: 3 ways the E-rate program helps level up learning See article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding?

Digital Divide 94

Digital Divide E-rate Advocacy Libraries 94

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). graduation rates — up to a record 83 percent — and whether it is real or an elaborate scam. Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? Not that I’ve been twiddling my thumbs exactly. I think the latter."

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

P rovide s additional funding for schools serving communities with higher poverty rates ; and . Bridging the Digital Divide. Texas has the most rural students in America – between 800,000 and 1 million – which ma kes closing the digital divide challenging. Assessing Anticipated Learning Loss.

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Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. Seven years ago, Walton was the first school in Albemarle County to give every student a laptop. Read more about the Digital Divide.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 95

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

So what will schools do when their now-new laptops wear out in a few years? More than Devices The “digital divide” was not quite a household term two years ago. Only 21 states have any kind of dedicated state funding for technology, and this can range from just digital instructional materials (e.g.

Technology 166

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 166

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This includes navigating the often politicized issues related to immunizations, the high student absence rate due to quarantines or parents wanting to keep their children home, and the negative impact the pandemic had on student and staff mental health. 5G promises reliability, lightning-fast speeds, and much higher data capacities.

EdTech 108

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 108

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, Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. Um, they do.) WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145