Edsurge
DECEMBER 22, 2023
One such company, Information Equity Initiative (IEI), is working to bridge the digital divide so that all students have access to educational information. We asked where it fits in the journey toward universal broadband. households didn't have broadband access. And, most importantly, how does it serve students?
eSchool News
OCTOBER 20, 2023
However, the study also found that educators lack centralized resources and direct support necessary to successfully overcome barriers to the digital divide. 82 percent of families and 80 percent of educators surveyed feel strongly that high-speed Internet at home is extremely important to fulfilling learning outcomes.
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Edsurge
OCTOBER 5, 2021
And one, Mississippi, has made important strides in closing the digital divide through a pandemic response plan that took each school district’s unique needs and challenges into account. It is worth remembering that the digital divide is not an all or nothing phenomenon.
eSchool News
MAY 5, 2021
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, Savvas enables teachers to better connect with students by helping to close the digital divide. That broadband disparity increases to 23% and 25% for Black and Hispanic households respectively, and it’s even more pronounced in lower-income households. Fernandez, CEO of EveryoneOn. “We
Edsurge
OCTOBER 15, 2018
boast broadband access these days, and plenty of assignments require the internet, when students head home, their connections are not quite in lockstep with schools. Thus, there is a homework gap—the problem created when students who use digital learning in class can’t get online at home to finish up their schoolwork.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
It is also not too surprising, given that for much of this decade businesses and governments have laid the infrastructure needed to support online learning, through enabling better broadband internet access and providing cheap computing devices to schools. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 27, 2020
The seminal Coleman Report published in 1966 showed that student outcomes inside the classroom are predicated on their circumstances outside the classroom. While a pandemic shouldn’t be the impetus for giving students what they need, we can take advantage of the fact that the crisis is forcing districts to finally close the digital divide.
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