The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2019

In Albemarle County, Virginia, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, radio towers rise above an apple orchard on Carters Mountain, outside Charlottesville. We’ve kind of realized that schools aren’t necessarily the best at operating broadband networks, so we should let people specialize.”.

Broadband 95

Broadband Education Policies Digital Divide 95

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 113

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 113

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

Finally, there are states that had some version of a law prior to 2020 and proceeded to add provisions to better address the needs of distance learning. of California’s Public Contract Code only addressed online learning in the context of surplus technology and nonprofit computer labs.

Broadband 148

Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 148

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2020

Students on the quad at the University of Washington, one of the first institutions to shift classes online because of the coronavirus. The vice provost promises instruction online will improve. Photo: Sy Bean for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

Broadband 143

Broadband Education Course Report 143

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons. According to an April 2018 Department of Education report, 18 percent of 5- to 17-year old students in “remote rural” districts have no broadband access at home.

Broadband 85

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 85

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Had broadband even existed then, chance are we wouldn’t have been able to afford it. The nonprofit education equity group I have the privilege to co-chair has drafted explicit questions for decision-makers , including educators, school leaders and district, state and national policy leaders. Most educators are unprepared.

Broadband 97

Broadband Outcomes System Accessibility 97

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

We spoke with her about the challenges and triumphs she’s seen in advocating for broadband access across the state for the second installment in our new Broadband Leaders series. . You’ve driven thousands of miles across the state to meet with school district leaders about their broadband upgrades.

E-rate 76

E-rate Accessibility Broadband Industry 76

The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

We have failed to address the persistent inequities in student access to technology, broadband internet social networks, mentors, enrichment activities, community and service learning, and the other elements that comprise learning. The question is no longer how we do it. The question is why we’re not doing it everywhere.

Broadband 115

Broadband Learning Course Accessibility 115

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? Reporting dashboards should become more student-focused. education system. temperature, lighting).

EdTech 139

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 139

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. When it comes to distance learning, you don’t have to be high-tech to be effective.”. Coronavirus gave many just days.

Learning 73

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 73

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Katherine Cribbs, a second-grader at Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, explores the online “energy dashboard” that tracks her school’s energy consumption and production. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Everywhere you walk through this building, you can learn from it.”.

Elementary 109

Elementary Learning Data Report 109

MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

Digital book loans have skyrocketed, with children’s e-book checkouts more than doubling since the COVID-19 closures began, according to a report from NPR. For schools that closed and moved to online learning due to the coronavirus, digital access became a necessity overnight. Fellow school librarians!

Libraries 68

Libraries Social Media Digital Badges Accessibility 68

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

These types of arrangements require effective partnering with unions and community groups, in order to identify solutions and reach agreements while dealing with budget shortfalls. Gentz reports that there has been confusion about deadlines, many of which are federal but some of which are state imposed.

EdTech 97

EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 97

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. She’d created a Facebook group at the start of the school year for families of the children she taught. Their family does not have a computer or broadband internet at home, so the siblings have to take turns sharing their mom’s phone to access online lessons.

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. On Monday, Rose learned the student’s father had died. Nearly 12 million students in 2017 didn’t have broadband internet in their homes , according to a federal report. And now it’s all taken away.” Coronavirus closures gave many just days.

Broadband 141

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 141

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

and since learning inside was deemed dubious at best, the classroom was moved outdoors, where group gatherings were considered safe. In June, the group mobilized. The National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative's 10 working groups. And in the Chicago one, too. An open-air class in Rutherford, N.Y.

Learning 218

Learning Analysis Assessment Groups 218

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

In this rural Tennessee county of just 12,000 residents, online learning simply isn’t an option for most families. A lot of our kids don’t have internet access,” said Coe, who knows students who routinely head to the library or the town’s McDonald’s to get online. Credit: Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

Accessibility 145

Accessibility How To Broadband Advocacy 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2020

Tate Reeves has allowed school districts to reopen for summer learning programs, even as the state’s rate of new coronavirus infections has shown few signs of receding. Mississippi experienced a single-day record Monday with nearly 500 new coronavirus cases reported. It’s very important that we try to fill in those gaps,” he said.

Broadband 78

Broadband Software Report Chromebook 78

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. As defined by the CoSN report, accelerators are megatrends that drive change.

Learning 85

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 85

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2021

Counselors and college access groups are still working with low-income and first-generation students. But it is happening mostly online. They are now tracking down students who miss class (“they called themselves ‘the attendance police,’ ” said Savitz-Romer), and helping families get technology, broadband, even food.

Data 130

Data Meeting Broadband Accessibility 130

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

During “ Learning with Google ,” a free online learning event for educators, Google shared a lot of updates to our favorite Google products. Learn more about Google Meet updates here. With this tool, teachers and students can record lessons and reports in the classroom and at home. . Chromebook Updates.

Google 101

Google Chromebook Android Education 101

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. . – Kylie Mollicone, third grade teacher. Below is a sample schedule for a 90-minute, 4th-grade class.

Blended Learning 137

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 137

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. .” - Kylie Mollicone, third grade teacher.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Black parents have written about the ways that online learning can in fact be a less biased, less harmful experience for their children than in-person school and the pandemic has hit Black and Latinx communities the hardest , so they have seen the dangers of the coronavirus first hand.

Online Learning 142

Online Learning Broadband Report Guidelines 142

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

While the vast majority of Native American and Alaska Native students attend traditional public schools — the BIE educates less than 10 percent of Native students — BIE students score significantly lower than their public school counterparts on standardized exams, and overall post some of the lowest scores of any student group.

Report 127

Report Elementary Online Learning System 127

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. Credit: Kelli Johansen for The Hechinger Report. Perry’s home isn’t wired for broadband access. Credit: Kelli Johansen for The Hechinger Report. That compares with 85 percent nationally.

Broadband 135

Broadband Accessibility Report Company 135

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” More on the report from Pacific Standard. The New York Times notes it’s not just rural students who struggle with broadband access : “Why San Jose Kids Do Homework in Parking Lots.” ” Via The Verge : “An academic reported sexual harassment. ’ The FCC Could Help,” says Wired. .”

Education 53

Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 53

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. FWA allows extremely high-speed broadband where fiber connections can be too cost-prohibitive to install. Territorium.

EdTech 111

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 111

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics. Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected immigrant students and, more generally, English learners, who have struggled with hurdles such as language barriers, subpar broadband and limited at-home learning support, according to the Migration Policy Institute. When their family sought asylum in the U.S., By December, 36.1

Policies 103

Policies Elementary Report System 103

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In recognition of that reality, a new report has outlined “10 ways to make online learning work,” covering a range of best practices. The report is the work of the COVID Collaborative, a coalition of education, health and economic experts, written by the former directors of the U.S.

Digital Divide 218

Digital Divide How To Learning Broadband 218

Edthena

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Santa’s elves have made remote learning work, how do you think they go to school year-round? Remote learning is here to stay, at least for the time being. As a result, a new report has detailed “10 ways to make online learning work,” covering a variety of best practices. .

Resources 52

Resources Broadband Strategy Exercises 52

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

.” “More than 150 House and Senate Democrats sent Education Secretary Betsy DeVos a letter Monday that objected to her department’s recently announced shift in how it chooses the contractors that service federal student loans ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. State and Local) Education Politics. Via Reuters : “U.S.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Whether or not the product has failed or enrollments have fallen or the promises were always mostly b t, to this day, the big MOOC companies and their famous founders remain in the headlines: “ Andrew Ng Spreads the Gospel of AI With a New Online School ,” Wired reported.

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” I mean… In other Arne news, Chalkbeat also reports that “‘I think that’s blood money’: Arne Duncan pushed charters to reject funds from Trump admin if budget cuts approved.” ” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46