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98 Percent of U.S. Public School Districts Connected to High-Speed Broadband, But 2.3 Million Students Still Left Behind

Education Superhighway

EducationSuperHighway today released its annual State of the States report highlighting the major progress that has been achieved to connect nearly every public school classroom to high-speed broadband. At the same time, the report cites the urgent need to close the digital divide for 2.3 million students and 2.6

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Not Just Classroom Supplies: Teachers Also Buy Edtech With Their Own Money

Edsurge

In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. The bird’s-eye results: 65 percent of teachers say they use digital learning tools every day; 87 percent report using them at least a few days each week. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged.

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A Call to Action: How Governors Can Solve the School Connection Crisis

Education Superhighway

Lack of high-speed Internet prevents teachers and students from taking full advantage of the transformational power of digital learning and leaves millions of kids on the wrong side of the digital divide. This means that Georgia’s students will no longer be trying to learn tomorrow’s skills with yesterday’s tools.

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Digital equity bill targets ‘homework gap’

eSchool News

Proposed legislation would ensure students have access to digital learning resources, internet outside of school. New legislation introduced in Congress would support “innovative strategies and methods to increase out-of-school access to digital learning resources” in an effort to boost both student and educator engagement.

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Lightspeed Digital Insight™ Recognized as Winner in Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Back to School 2023 

Lightspeed Systems

As a result, administrators proactively identify students with poor or no internet access at scale, saving considerable time troubleshooting and maximizing the impact of digital learning. For more information on Lightspeed Digital Insight and the Digital Equity module, please visit [link].

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Future Ready Schools ® helps district leaders plan and implement personalized, research-based digital learning strategies so all students can achieve their full potential. Award winning principal, and now Senior Fellow Eric Sheninger , helps to lead much of the digital work. URL: www.futureready.org ; www.all4ed.org.

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How did edtech impact learning in 2023?

eSchool News

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. Speak to those who have spent a lifetime in and out of education.

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