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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. But, he adds, ”We really found early on that home broadband is our priority and has to be the priority for closing the digital divide.”.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

Cleveland recognized the need and became a strong advocate for Hazel Health, a telehealth company that provides mental health services to students at no cost to families. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge.

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The Pandemic Released a Stream of Money for Broadband. Will That Advance Digital Equity?

Edsurge

Tang now works part time as a tutor at DuPont Elementary, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Chattanooga Choo Choo’ The proposed funding from the Digital Equity Act, a multibillion-dollar federal investment to close the digital divide, will start to flow to communities in 2024. Before that, she worked in special education.

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How did edtech impact learning in 2023?

eSchool News

As such, from the characters portrayed in online programs to reading excerpts included in curricular products, it is important for all education companies to provide, and educators to seek out, more culturally relevant, modifiable, and accessible resources to effectively meet the varying learning needs of all students.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

eSchool News

The pandemic highlighted the massive digital divide that exists between marginalized communities and affluent communities that enjoy well-established digital infrastructure. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. Edtech companies that fail to prioritize accessibility will be left behind.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything. Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. In wealthy school districts around the country, parents and teachers talk often about keeping computer use to a minimum.

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