Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. billion to the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief Fund, also known as ESSER ( NCSL, 2021 ).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Rising fourth graders listen as a teacher reads a book at an elementary school summer program in Silver Spring, MD. As the coronavirus closes schools, online platforms are proving to be invaluable, allowing instruction to continue and alleviating the severity of students’ learning loss. According to 2018 study by the U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? What can we take from this when we return to our classrooms? education system.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

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., But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. on March 18, 2020.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 73

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Federal funds help narrow the digital divide. Lubelfeld, whose district will transition from hybrid to full in-person learning next month. Louis, a seventh-grade language arts teacher adapted her own classroom check-ins. With JumpStart, says Ms. Millions of students still face access issues.

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. We can extend the learning day. We can flip the classroom. There’s been a real positive change in the culture.”. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 96

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Administrators at Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, were well aware of the digital divide when they decided to give students both paper and online resources after shuttering schools because of coronavirus. This story also appeared in PBS Newshour.

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Digital Divide Policies Resources Study 145

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. Perhaps a digital learning journal could be employed to promote reflection.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Do you co-learn with a classroom across the globe? Interested in becoming a Learning Revolution Partner? Thursday, October 23rd at 3pm Webinar: Online Learning for Inclement Weather , Join the discussion! In this session, three districts will share how they implemented online learning options to make up snow days.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

To meet this challenge, Jhone Ebert, Nevada State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the summer of 2020 announced the launch of the Nevada Digital Learning Collaborative (DLC). Elementary and high school students from across the district were part of the initial program.

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Edmentum Digital Divide Professional Learning Industry 79

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Students with the internet at home could access online learning activities offered by the district or participate in virtual classrooms, while packets were provided for children without the ability to log on. The digital divide. School closures have already harmed the most vulnerable. It has been slow.”.

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Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Platt argues what we don’t want to do is what we saw during the pandemic learning experiment — to replicate a classroom experience in virtual reality. Doing so also runs the risk of furthering the digital divide between those who have and can afford another piece of expensive technology and those who don’t, Platt added.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: International Association of K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL).

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

They’ve been letting officials know that while they want to see their friends, they recognize the seriousness of the virus and hope districts prioritize student mental health and improving online learning, especially for vulnerable students. Considering that we’re going completely distance learning for the time being,” she said.

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Survey Policies Groups Report 145

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Textbooks could be history as schools switch to free online learning | Philly.com → Garnet Valley is a district in the vanguard of a nationwide movement to ditch traditional textbooks for open-source educational resources on the web.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Well, it did–but it also didn’t.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 107