The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. Inside Castlemont’s media center in May 2021, Chromebook carts are completely empty. In the early days of the pandemic, every Chromebook on campus was lent out to students during remote learning.

Digital Divide 112

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

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: Redland Elementary.

Elementary 143

Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. Teachers say they appreciate the chance to work more closely with the students, along with a small group of their colleagues, and believe it’s helped contribute to a drop in disciplinary incidents.

Personalized Learning 79

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 79

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

Last school year she taught to a Chromebook, filled with dark squares where kids’ faces ought to have been. “I The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. Some kids went months and months without Chromebooks; others never logged on at all. “We

Dropout 103

Dropout Chromebook Report System 103

MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. Teachers say they appreciate the chance to work more closely with the students, along with a small group of their colleagues, and believe it’s helped contribute to a drop in disciplinary incidents.

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Some might not have a Chromebook or internet. Along with Rose, I contacted a middle and an elementary school teacher to see how they are faring. Some have banded together to call for providing internet hotspots and Chromebooks to millions of students who cannot get online or access lessons. Will we get yearbooks? said Glick. “I

Broadband 141

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 141

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. It’s so much better,” said Brooke Williams, who sat on the classroom floor with her Chromebook in her lap, adjusting her number line. “I Photo: Chris Berdik.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40