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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

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Endless Network , a global organization dedicated to promoting equity and accessibility, invests strategically in companies worldwide to address challenges such as limited access to quality education. Closing global education gaps How is Learning Equality addressing the challenge of the digital divide and the 2.6

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4 ways we can use edtech for engaging, high-quality learning experiences

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This would be a fantastic opportunity for private corporations with extensive IT infrastructures to partner with their local communities to accelerate digital transformations in the public schools. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide.

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Millions of Students Are Still Without WiFi and Tech—Why Haven’t Policymakers Stepped Up?

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COVID-19 shed light on the huge gap in policy relating to tech and infrastructure provisioning—what many are now referring to as a civil rights issue. 1560 , and proposed adding sections designed “to close the digital divide in California.” Still, no new regulations have yet emerged from that data gathering.

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6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

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Broadly, the metaverse refers to the creation of virtual worlds or spaces in which social interactions can occur. While there are still challenges associated with the digital divide and access to technology, this gap is shrinking all the time, especially with smartphones widening access to digital content and software.

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Connecticut Gives Every Student a Computer and Home Internet to Close the Digital Divide

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Ned Lamont, a former telecom mogul who founded Campus Televideo, a company that provided cable to college campuses. The impetus was really to close that achievement gap and that digital divide.” We did find that people just didn’t have access,” says Sherelle Harris, the interim director of the Norwalk Public Library System. “We

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Major Telecom Sprint Pledges to Bring Web Connectivity to 1 Million Students

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history to bridge the digital divide.”. The company’s effort comes as policymakers at the federal level and school advocates are calling for greater focus on addressing the so-called homework gap. Sprint’s leadership wanted to marshal its resources behind “one cause that really made sense for us a company,” he added.

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After Net Neutrality, Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate

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John Harrington, Funds for Learning Among the groups commenting on the issue, both ISTE and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) raised the possibility that digital education providers can pay to deliver their content more quickly, and wondered aloud if the move would deepen the digital divide.

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