Chromebook Digital Divide Meeting Policies 
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We
The Hechinger Report
MAY 23, 2020
Like McKneely, some educators, government officials and policy experts around the country say the coronavirus carries lessons for another global crisis of our time, climate change. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. Credit: AP Photo/Kantele Franko.
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Edsurge
MARCH 12, 2019
There were drones, Ozobots, the latest Chromebooks and classroom furniture configurations. And as a person interested in digital equity, I had a chance to connect experts who were national leaders on the digital divide. Is this decision in alignment with our district's equity policy?
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 22, 2019
In a combined biology/literature class, students at James Lick High School complete assignments using school-supplied Chromebooks. At James Lick High School the slate-gray Chromebooks are ubiquitous. What’s unusual about James Lick’s Chromebook program isn’t the laptops themselves, but how they were paid for. SAN JOSE, Calif. —
MindShift
JULY 31, 2020
But this year the STEM projects, maker space designs and story hours that usually take place within the library’s walls have moved online, and the library itself has found itself innovating quickly to meet the needs of their community. includes reading challenges, craft projects, and games where students can earn digital badges online. .
eSchool News
MARCH 13, 2024
As many experts will point out, DEI initiatives are prone to fail when they aren’t getting at the crux of the issue—existing systemic processes and challenges that prevent promising solutions and DEI-focused policies from being successful. Equity is meeting each individual student’s needs–their exact needs.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
That schools rely on the mega-rich to fund their digital learning at all—and that those funds could dry up at any time—illustrates some of the fundamental problems with K-12 technology spending: It is inconsistent, pieced together haphazardly, and as a result impacts student technology access in disproportionate ways.
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