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.

Broadband 112

Broadband Digital Divide Libraries Accessibility 112

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.

Education 196

Education Broadband Software Online Learning 196

The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2023

Today’s colleges aren’t successfully serving many existing students — so how can they serve populations removed from the education system? Paths to and through today’s college experience aren’t fully serving existing students — so how can they serve a population that is often even further removed from the education system?

Accessibility 94

Accessibility Broadband EdTech Policies 94

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

And while systems might not continue to operate as 100 percent virtual schools in a post-COVID world, better access to learning technology is no longer negotiable in this increasingly-digital world. of California’s Public Contract Code only addressed online learning in the context of surplus technology and nonprofit computer labs.

Broadband 141

Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 141

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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Strategy EdTech Broadband E-rate 231

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 83

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 83

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.). State educational systems are highly organized around to geography and socioeconomic status.

Broadband 136

Broadband Report System Industry 136

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. 2 – Plan for your school districts broadband budget. #3 Equipment closet accessories.

Broadband 70

Broadband E-rate Tools Company 70

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While most schools across the country are fully back in person, students continue to struggle to complete homework assignments or participate in remote learning because they lack adequate internet service and access to a computer at home — a phenomenon commonly referred to as the “homework gap.” The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 110

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 110

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Had broadband even existed then, chance are we wouldn’t have been able to afford it. Systems were never designed with all learners in mind. And yet, students in groups most likely to face discrimination — with more complex needs — are thrown into a system designed for a theoretical “average” learner, not for them.

Broadband 96

Broadband Outcomes System Accessibility 96

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

But instead of a deadly hurricane, this year brought another crisis that shut the city’s school system: the coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps no school system had a distance learning plan in place that anticipated a shutdown on the scale of the coronavirus closures. Why Some Florida Districts Were at the Ready.

Digital Divide 116

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 116

The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

We are at serious risk of failing to properly educate millions of students this year because we have designed education around schools and systems, as opposed to designing around the learner. We can’t just teach content in school anymore. One set of textbooks can no longer last someone a lifetime.

Broadband 110

Broadband Learning Course Accessibility 110

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. education system. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? GHz frequency of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band.

EdTech 139

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 139

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. That last part is one of the biggest barriers to remote learning in rural areas. Credit: Image provided by Patricia Woodward.

Survey 128

Survey Course Online Learning Accessibility 128

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Education Department is asking schools and districts to take measures to protect data and reinforce IT systems, and if any schools were victimized, to contact the agency’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center for help. Critical Reflection | Inside HigherEd → Achievement (grades) and learning are not always (often?)

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. Coronavirus gave many just days. By mid-April, state officials said they had about 700 Wi-Fi buses on the move, in dozens of districts.).

Learning 69

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

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. The researchers found that most of these solutions are short term, however, and will require more funding.

Learning 142

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 142

MindShift

MAY 4, 2020

Classroom teachers scrambled to learn how to put lessons online and tens of thousands of Chromebooks and other devices were distributed in a matter of weeks in large school districts. The kind of change that typically takes years to implement in school systems happened practically overnight. There is no going back.

Learning 68

Learning Chromebook Broadband Meeting 68

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Children don’t stop learning because school doors close.

Learning 118

Learning Software Digital Divide Broadband 118

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Dr. Gonzales’s district is reaching out to local non-profits for help with the shift to 100% online learning, which cannot be done quickly or cheaply, especially at a time when the district is receiving less state funding. Gaggle provides school safety products and solutions to the K-12 market.

EdTech 95

EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 95

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

“Everywhere you walk through this building, you can learn from it,” said Discovery’s principal, Erin Russo. RELATED: A school district is building a DIY broadband network. Meanwhile, at New York City’s first net-zero school, the Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability (P.S.

Elementary 107

Elementary Learning Data Report 107

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

Thrown into the breach, public schools are setting out on an unprecedented experiment: With little training and even fewer resources, in a matter of days they’re shifting from a system of education that for centuries has focused on face to face interaction, to one that works entirely at a distance. “I’ve spoken to his mom.

Learning 52

Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System. But where do busy library people go for learning when they are doing more than ever before in a world impacted by a global pandemic?

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

BenQ also highlighted its family of BlueCore laser education projectors and InstaShow WDC20E education wireless presentation system (WPS). Eduverse.com is a revolutionary online learning environment providing a safe and secure ‘metaverse’ for K-12 schools. VEX Robotics demonstrated its VEX GO and VEX 123 solutions.

EdTech 130

EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 130

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

The organization’s research “aims to transform monolithic, factory-model systems into student-centered designs that educate every student successfully and enable each to realize his or her fullest potential.” Organization: International Association of K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). URL: www.inacol.org. Organization: Maker Ed.

Future Ready 100

Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics.

Learning 77

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 77

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2020

Related: Takeaways from research on tutoring to address coronavirus learning loss. Students and teachers in these districts — which include schools in the suburbs of Jackson and some rural systems — are getting a preview of what the new school year could look like. It’s very important that we try to fill in those gaps,” he said.

Broadband 74

Broadband Software Report Chromebook 74

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2021

If the pandemic has highlighted anything” about admissions, he said, it is “how the system perpetuates inequality” and how complex applying has become. 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 127

Data Meeting Broadband Accessibility 127

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. Google Classroom was originally built to simplify blended learning, but it has now become a more robust learning management system.

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Google Chromebook Android Education 101

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

For long term change to occur, the technology behind the scenes must be like the electricity system in a modern country – it must “just work” – all the time and every time. The network (servers, switches, operating systems) must be fast and reliable. Accessing systems (network drives, online resources, etc.)

LMS 40

LMS Laptops Tablets System 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

But evidence suggests that some of the blame for the struggles of BIE schools during Covid-19 lies on the shoulders of the federal government, which consistently bungled its role in helping schools adapt to remote learning and ensure that kids continued to receive an education. It did catch us to an extent to be unprepared.”. Stalled Aid.

Report 124

Report Elementary Online Learning System 124

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.

EdTech 111

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 111

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Tech devices won't fix our education system | Lockport Union Sun & Journal → Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently issued a plea for greater student access to high-tech tools. "This " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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. in January 2019. Vásquez and Ventura’s family included.

Policies 97

Policies Elementary Report System 97

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With this latest—and largest—surge of coronavirus infections in the United States, K-12 schools that hadn’t yet reopened for in-person learning now see few paths to do so in the near term, and many of the schools that were offering some face-to-face instruction are now pulling back into full-time remote learning.

Digital Divide 218

Digital Divide How To Learning Broadband 218

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Then, without missing a beat, she switched the smartboard display and launched into a multiple-choice quiz using a game-based online learning platform called Kahoot! That would have brought everything—email, online testing, cloud-based records systems and student research—to a halt.

Broadband 83

Broadband Report Accessibility Video 83

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education last week outlined changes to civil rights investigations that advocates fear will mean less consistent findings of systemic discrimination at colleges.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44