The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

They settle in at the computers where Caine teaches coding and software, such as Illustrator and Photoshop, or they head to the back room for the 3-D printer, vinyl cutter and robotics kits. In total, the homework gap hits some 12 million school-aged kids nationwide, according to a 2017 congressional report, “ America’s Digital Divide.”.

Broadband 82

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 82

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

And this creates a digital divide between those who can afford it and those who cannot. We have to take us older-school education people and retrain our way of thinking about how to deliver [instruction]. Teachers need extensive training on how to actively expand and use technologies in their classrooms.

Chromebook 128

Chromebook Robotics Elementary Accessibility 128

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

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. Except, after a year and a half of using this hand-picked program, Robert had to admit the truth: His students just weren’t learning how to read.

Education 132

Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 132

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

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? But school district leaders are not of one mind of how to best spend the money. The thread on this tweet has the details.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

User Generated Education

JULY 7, 2016

They’re teaching a new generation how to repair rather than replace, and if what they’re looking for is not available, to invent it. They call themselves “makers,” and they will figure out how to build whatever you can imagine. ( The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ). Local teens’ inventions impress scientists ).

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Maker Movement Education STEM Software 150

User Generated Education

OCTOBER 16, 2015

They’re teaching a new generation how to repair rather than replace, and if what they’re looking for is not available, to invent it. They call themselves “makers,” and they will figure out how to build whatever you can imagine. ( The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ). Local teens’ inventions impress scientists ).

Maker Movement 120

Maker Movement STEM Education Software 120

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Kids from black and Latino communities — who are often already on the wrong side of the digital divide — will face greater inequalities if we go too far toward digitizing education without considering how to check the inherent biases of the (mostly white) developers who create AI systems.

Digital Divide 94

Digital Divide System Assessment Robotics 94

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. . It’s perhaps not surprising.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). the nation’s largest virtual charter school management company , as president of academics, policy, and schools. Now he’s launching a new company – and of course it’s ed-tech. ” (No. .”

MOOC 47

MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Doesn’t look like the company has anyone to take his place yet. Instead, the company handed him a $90 million exit package, paid in installments of about $2 million a month for four years, said two people with knowledge of the terms.” It’s a rot at the very core of the company’s leadership team.

Education 60

Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60