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.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. Credit: Monica Williams.

Elementary 145

Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 145

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.

Dropout 106

Dropout Chromebook Report System 106

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.

Personalized Learning 80

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 80

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.

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Some might not have a Chromebook or internet. Eileen Wood, a first-grade teacher in Stoneham, Massachusetts, joined educators last month in a parade through town to greet students after schools closed. Along with Rose, I contacted a middle and an elementary school teacher to see how they are faring. How will we graduate?”

Broadband 139

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 139

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Beth Rabbitt, CEO of education nonprofit The Learning Accelerator. We know how education reform is. Personalized learning is easy to bastardize.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40