Edsurge
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
In Tennessee, the education system made headlines a few years back when the state announced the “ Tennessee Promise ”—an initiative granting thousands of high school students the opportunity to attend two years of free community college. Now, Chromebook is the device of choice. And now, adults can get in on the action, too. ).
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. The homework gap isn’t new. Nothing was coordinated,” Thomas said.
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The Hechinger Report
MAY 19, 2022
Wilkins-Walker teaches career and technical education at West Philadelphia High School, where she has worked for a decade. Last school year she taught to a Chromebook, filled with dark squares where kids’ faces ought to have been. “I Meanwhile, nearly 40 percent are enrolled in special education; districtwide, it’s 15 percent.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 8, 2018
This nearly majority-Latino city began its experiment with personalized learning three years ago, after a districtwide survey revealed that thousands of high schoolers felt their education wasn’t relevant. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate.
MindShift
AUGUST 17, 2018
This story about personalized learning was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. War, peace and Chromebooks.
The Thinking Stick
JUNE 15, 2016
It’s here that I find time to finally sit and reflect on this year’s journey into amazing new educational adventures with more on the way. From August when we started training 150ish teachers in Cohort 1, to deploying over 8000 Chromebooks to students 6-12 grade in October and November. Just the waves, nature and prana.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Gutierrez and Williams spent 90 minutes standing on the sidewalk outside the house in the Texas sun, at arm’s length from the students, showing them how to sign into Google Classroom on their school-provided Chromebooks and helping their father figure out passwords. The siblings logged on for the remainder of the school year.
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