The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls. If some kids can go home and learn, discover and backfill information, while other kids’ learning stops at school, that’s a huge problem.”. This is an equity issue,” said Bredder. “If

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

households lack what has become a basic need, according to a new report by EducationSuperHighway, an education nonprofit that in 2019 helped to almost eliminate the internet connectivity gap in classrooms across the country. Issues around broadband affordability disproportionately affect low-income, Black, and Latinx communities.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

Congress Joint Economic Committee reported that nearly 12 million children lived in homes without a broadband connection, but the problem made few headlines. Back in 2017, the U.S. The following year, the Pew Research Center found that 15% of U.S. households with school-age children did not have a high-speed connection at home.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

Congress Joint Economic Committee reported that nearly 12 million children lived in homes without a broadband connection, but the problem made few headlines. Back in 2017, the U.S. The following year, the Pew Research Center found that 15% of U.S. households with school-age children did not have a high-speed connection at home.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2018

A federal report on students’ home access to digital learning resources is months late, and ed-tech groups say the delay is impeding efforts to close the homework gap. “We think there’s a big problem, and we need good data around it,” says CoSN CEO Keith Krueger. “This is critical.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

“We have to do something about that, especially now that so many of our students are learning remotely,” Muri said. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning. An initial report , which is still being finalized, states that “lack of broadband access in Ector County is a crisis.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

Despite various efforts by states and school districts to close the gap during the past year, 15 percent of children from families with incomes below the national median of $75,000 a year are still without fast and reliable home internet access, according to a new report from New America and Rutgers University. An additional $7.17

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Results of a recent survey of educators at participating schools conducted by our partner Westat agreed with Lubas’ sentiment, showing that prior experience integrating technology into learning made the shift to distance learning smoother. Tapping into the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools community.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

million broadband connections, according to the FCC. Without adequate internet access and a working device at home, educators say, many students will continue to fall further behind in school, unable to do online homework or attend virtual classes when schools are disrupted by pandemic quarantines or natural disasters.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2023

The latest reports show that only 35 percent of state prisons provide college-level courses. Prisoners also often lack access to the technology and internet connections needed to take advantage of online learning — as do the 21 million Americans outside the system who lack broadband access.

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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.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

If your state is among the majority that tests students online (or plans to), the fact of the matter is that you have such technology requirements already in place. Consider also digital and online learning opportunities afforded students and teachers in which the state has invested. Offering online learning?

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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.”.

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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.

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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.

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Neo LMS

MAY 18, 2017

When considering that technology is playing an ever-increasing role in education, specifically the use of online learning tools, what the future of education looks like is a question many educational historians ponder. Online learning is naturally the way forward for many universities seeking to maximize existing assets.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Opening schools would also free up broadband, computer hardware and time for parents who have had to set up home offices next to their children’s remote learning stations.). The Hechinger Report is an independent news outlet based at Columbia University’s Teachers College.) times greater than the costs.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

When new trends become the norm, report findings sometimes elicit more shrugs than surprise. In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. According to the survey, 43 percent of teachers say they purchase digital learning with their own money.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 17, 2019

Monthly broadband fees. Over the last five years, the cost of school broadband has decreased by 85%. Compare & Connect K-12 is our free online tool that shows bandwidth prices and speeds for school districts across the country. Reports from your WAN and Internet Access service providers. Equipment closet accessories.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That changed when his school district in Fairfield County, South Carolina, switched to online learning during the pandemic. Online, he has no problem asking the teacher a question,” said Woodward. Yet it’s unclear how many students will remain in virtual learning when the pandemic subsides — or whether they should.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

To make up for probable academic gaps produced during this unprecedented period, districts should continue providing academic services online in the summer. The seminal Coleman Report published in 1966 showed that student outcomes inside the classroom are predicated on their circumstances outside the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. We don’t have a distance learning plan that is operating on all cylinders,” he said in April.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

The Consortium for School Networking, or CoSN, issued a plan of action this week that aims to prod district leaders to at least gather data on personal student broadband access. The report goes on to outline steps districts can take to leverage existing assets and programs to increase off-campus connectivity.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Had broadband even existed then, chance are we wouldn’t have been able to afford it. This story about students with disabilities was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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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.

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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.

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Broadband Learning Course Accessibility 113

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Among high schools, only 6 percent nationwide now report that they lack WiFi, according to the CoSN report. Is technology necessary to personalize learning? A new story in The Hechinger Report asks and answers that question.) But even the best online program is not a panacea, of course.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

This story is a part of Learning from Lockdown , a series about education solutions in the pandemic, produced in partnership with the Education Labs at AL.com , the Dallas Morning News , Fresno Bee and Seattle Times partnered with The Christian Science Monitor , Hechinger Report and Solutions Journalism Network.

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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.

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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).

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2016

While 96 percent of Americans in urban areas have access to fixed broadband, only 70 percent of New Mexicans have broadband access at home. I’m sure that other students in the Hatch community have this problem as well.”. In rural communities, the problem is even worse — only one in three can access the internet at home.

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ExcelinEd

APRIL 29, 2020

Students and parents, many of whom lack access to broadband internet access and digital devices, are trying to adapt to online learning. A recent report from the state’s Department of Administration shows nearly 18,530 students enrolled in private schools in Mecklenburg County.

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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.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2015

ConnectHome will link 270,000 households, and 200,000 children, with broadband access in 28 communities including the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma. “It’s not just making the internet more accessible,” Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro told reporters as the White House unveiled the program.

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