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OPINION: Tribal colleges, lifeline to rural and disenfranchised Native communities, need our help more than ever

The Hechinger Report

Many offer much-needed internet service, providing access to some of the 35 percent of tribal land residents who do not have broadband service. In comparison, at other types of institutions 39 percent of students experienced food insecurity, 46 percent experienced housing insecurity and 17 percent experienced homelessness.

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“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

Miller is one of many vocal critics of the wide disparities in education technology pricing, which he and others contend is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more devices and software enter U.S. Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. For some hardware, districts can comparison shop.

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As coronavirus ravaged Indian Country, the federal government failed its schools

The Hechinger Report

Teachers are trying to manage the education of hundreds of children, within a setup that lacks internet access and technology access,” said Honani, a member of the school’s parent advisory committee. “If By comparison, only around 30 percent of BIE schools were doing the same. It did catch us to an extent to be unprepared.”.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

I maintain a dataset of all education technology investments and all education technology investors. Glaring in its absence from this list: “personalization,” one of the most trumpeted technology “solutions” this year. (I’ll The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is no exception.