The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Eric Bredder (second from left), a teacher at Monticello High School, confers with students using the CNC milling machine, one of several computer-guided fabrication tools used by his classes. But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 100

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Federal funds help narrow the digital divide. In Utah, the Murray City School District had been slowly developing a broadband network for students for two years when funding from the CARES Act helped the district speed up the rollout. With JumpStart, says Ms. Millions of students still face access issues.

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 144

MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

School libraries had always been central to digital access for the entire school, and when learning moved online they became tech hubs for both teachers and students. At the American Library Association’s virtual conference in June, executive director Tracie D. Louis Public Library have moved completely online.

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Libraries Social Media Digital Badges Accessibility 68

MindShift

APRIL 24, 2020

No assemblies, sports games or parent-teacher conferences. Eskelsen Garcia of the NEA says the equity issue is acute: “What we’ve been telling [political leaders] for years is the digital divide is hurting children. To have broadband, a tablet or a laptop is not to play video games. ” 9.

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