Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Isolated from their friends and teachers, many students cited “feeling depressed, stressed, or anxious” as the number one obstacle to learning, according to a new survey by YouthTruth, a national nonprofit that focuses on student voices in education.

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Technology Broadband Meeting Advocacy 125

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Just 68 percent of grades 4-12 students in a recent survey said they have wi-fi access at school, though 96 percent of those same students have wi-fi access at home. In 2015, nearly 80 percent of surveyed elementary students reported using a tablet regularly compared with 66 percent in 2014. college students.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

The superintendent in Lincoln, Nebraska, says a district survey this past fall found that 10% of parents liked remote learning – pandemic or not. 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.

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 143

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later. The pandemic-era jump for elementary school students was even larger: from under half to 84 percent.

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Broadband Survey Laptops Analysis 130

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that. ” “Kind of.” And we’ve got WritingCity. Imagine that! ” Nelson asks.

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Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2024

She earns $700 per month, provided she tutors elementary students for at least 20 hours per two weeks. The study did not look at virtual high-dose tutoring , of the kind provided by some of the organizations discussed here.) Makori co-authored a research paper about the challenges to schools offering tutor services at scale.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

The students matched their interests with postings of paid internships from about 30 of the school’s corporate partners, including the educational software company Codemoji, the advertising agency DDB and Black Tech Mecca, a think tank studying technology use and development by African-Americans. There were plausible answers.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

But asking Kentiona to look after her younger siblings — and maintain her studies — seemed like too much. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. Unlike urban communities, you can’t just walk around the corner to the school,” said Sheneka Williams, a professor at Michigan State University who studies rural education.

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Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Representative Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) proposed a study to see when elementary schools should introduce computers, tablets and other technology to their students.

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EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Representative Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) proposed a study to see when elementary schools should introduce computers, tablets and other technology to their students.

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EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. The organization also organizes the Speak Up survey each year. URL: code.org.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

They created a sort of how-to manual for outdoor learning, detailing everything from campus site assessments and classroom infrastructure to case studies and curriculum. She sent around a survey to see who would be open to teaching outside, and 200 of the 250 respondents expressed interest. In June, the group mobilized.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

But there is one essential that has always been scarce in this part of the country and that she couldn’t stock up on: Broadband access. Perry’s home isn’t wired for broadband access. Only 13 percent of New Mexico’s population has access to a low-price internet service plan, according to Broadband Now, a research group.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. At least one Duke University study suggested that the arrival of broadband service in North Carolina between 2000 and 2005 correlated with a small, but significant dip in reading and math scores for elementary school students.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” ” Data and “Research” Via The Guardian : “ Teenage hackers motivated by morality not money, study finds.” Cyber Charters , Study Finds.” ” (In Cleveland.).

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). ” Via NPR : “ Advanced Placement Exam Scores In Alabama On The Rise.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Mystery Science partners with Google to bring eclipse glasse s to elementary school students.”

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