The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Nationwide, significant progress has been made since March 2020 on closing the digital divide – the chasm between those K-12 learners who have access to reliable internet and computing devices at home and those who don’t. The post Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 142

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., on March 18, 2020.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Roundtable participants included: Julie Mavrogeorge , Coordinator II – CTE (Esports, Drones, AME and Ag) with Fresno Unified School District Allison Reid , Senior Director of Digital Learning and Libraries in the Wake Forest County Public School System Dr. Cynthia Wise , Principal of J.H. We’re starting to see some changes.

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Chromebook Robotics Elementary Accessibility 124

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Watch FOX19’s coverage of the Cincinnati rollout event: Jewel, a student at Sayler Park, served as a new correspondent for Verizon Innovative Learning in this video: Both schools in Glendale Elementary School District in Phoenix, Arizona, rolled out earlier this month. Sine Elementary School held its own celebration a few days later.

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iPad Learning Digital Divide Elementary 150

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

Tang now works part time as a tutor at DuPont Elementary, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The forced move to digital learning and work made the consequences of inadequate internet access glaring. “We States, territories and tribal governments were already sent a round of money to plan out how they can use funds to close digital gaps.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Digital Divide 111

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades.

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