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The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 22, 2020
Such closures have a disastrous impact on education in STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and math. While pre-Ks, elementary schools and some schools for children with complex disabilities reopened in December, there is still no plan to reopen middle and high schools. Many other major school systems remain closed as well.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
“We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. The homework gap isn’t new.
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eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. Early exposure to higher learning is key to inspiring first-generation college students who may not view postsecondary education as an option.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 27, 2020
Johnson also didn’t want her children to go through the next two months with no educational tools beyond the worksheets she’d picked up from the Greenville Public School District and limited access to online materials through Kentiona’s phone, shared between the four of them. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning.
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. For these students, poverty brings a host of other disadvantages, most beyond the school district’s control: broken homes, transient living situations, and a lack of educational support at home. to 11:30 p.m,
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Anna Phelan , kindergarten teacher at Overbrook Educational Center in Philadelphia. It feels really good and really important that our children… have access to in-person, five-day-a-week education. I think the oldest of my children, whose education was synchronous … fell behind substantially less than the others.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 20, 2020
Eileen Wood, a first-grade teacher in Stoneham, Massachusetts, joined educators last month in a parade through town to greet students after schools closed. Along with Rose, I contacted a middle and an elementary school teacher to see how they are faring. Credit: Photo: Courtesy of Eileen Wood. Coronavirus closures gave many just days.
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