The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. Now comes the first partnership between a higher education institution and OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and a new flurry of question marks.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

While there is still work to do in closing the digital divide, access is becoming less of a limiting factor for game-based learning. Nearly all of these skills are required for jobs in a digital world with an increasingly distributed workforce. COVID has also accelerated funding for broadband in underserved neighborhoods.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Recently, I had to educate myself on the current trends in helping students who are anxious, depressed, worried, or just need guidance about the future. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to address these issues of inequity, including targeted strategies to help you bridge the digital divide and create an even playing field for all students.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2020

In an online press conference May 27, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said that while the state has worked with companies and foundations to distribute more than a 100,000 hotspots and 21,000 computers, “there’s a gap in supply.” By the end of May, the problem had not been resolved. Subscribe today!

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

Recognition that the digital divide prevents academic progress has prompted colleges to do more to connect students with tech tools. In the midst of these trends, we wanted to hear how academic innovation leaders are thinking and feeling about higher education right now. Here are the top trends they’re seeing.

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Flipped Classroom Course Digital Divide Trends 208

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2021

In Washington state, where Navas is the director of the Equity in Education Coalition (EEC), many families either didn’t know how to access the tech support provided by districts and companies like Apple, or didn’t feel comfortable because of language barriers. Subscribe today!

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Digital Divide Learning Trends Accessibility 89

Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Travis Litman, the chief of staff and senior legal advisor for Jessica Rosenworcel, the FCC commissioner who coined the term “homework gap,” emphasized the growing urgency of addressing the digital divide. “It It matters at school, and it matters for our future competitiveness as a nation, when you think about it,” Litman said.

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Broadband Digital Divide Libraries Company 138

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

Here were the three biggest trends they identified (in no particular order): Tech Addiction Rich media—gaming, VR, mixed reality—can be so powerful that they distract us from the offline world. Digital Divides While some may end up with too much of the latest media, others are completely cut off, due to persistent lack of broadband.

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Digital Divide Social Media Broadband Analysis 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2020

Nearly half of low-income districts distributed paper packets of worksheets to families while more than three-fourths of wealthier school districts distributed everything digitally. This digital divide had enormous consequences for what instruction meant. Peoria deviated from the national trend when it came to technology.

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Survey Digital Divide Laptops Data 115

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

The metaverse should probably reference them,” says Patel, who previously held positions at workforce-training companies Thinkful, On Deck and Maven. Into the Metaverse Blockchain fans see potential for another emerging tech trend to shape education: the metaverse. Artists and musicians, what can we learn from them?” and other nations.

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Education Groups Robotics Course 177

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

Creating an itemized budget may require some research and preliminary conversations with edtech and software companies. Samsung’s unique portfolio of in-classroom technology can help bridge the digital divide once funding is secured. Make sure you involve teachers and administrators in these discussions.

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Technology Classroom EdTech Software 168

TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

One current trend appears likely to continue during 2016: an increasing number of classrooms will rely on computers and the Internet to assist in the delivery of education materials. The company has developed a number of sophisticated software programs and mobile apps designed to encourage greater customization in education.

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Technology LMS Classroom Trends 68

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Unfortunately, both of these trends place a significant strain on school Wi-Fi, beyond the cases of needing to connect the distance-learning students. COVID-19 highlighted that the digital divide was not exclusive to rural areas, as many families in urban areas cannot afford internet connectivity.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. There is still a digital divide in classrooms based on what technology is being used and how. Weekly Update.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

By supporting schools in low-incomes areas and helping them access high-quality learning technology, the program aims to increase equity and close the digital divide in education. After a successful first year working with Breakthrough, Verizon was looking for a district to serve as its inaugural 5G-enabled education site.

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Education Digital Divide Accessibility Technology 147

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 91

Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

The finding that teachers who are least confident in educational technology tend to work in high-poverty and urban schools offers yet another reason to worry about the evolving “digital divide” in K-12. Enrollment Trends in Pre-K: What They Could Mean for Your Company. Cost and Customization Are the Key.

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Survey Analysis Digital Divide Report 66

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Using computers and online resources in the classroom is part of a growing trend in education. San Francisco financial advisory firm Dale Scott & Company sees enough of a demand for this type of short-term debt that it has even trademarked a term for the debt offerings it promotes, branding them as Ed-Tech Bonds.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Experts say much of what we see marketed as the metaverse from education technology companies isn’t actually the metaverse.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Companies are encouraged to nominate the schools and districts using their products and services–this offers a chance to share success stories and impart valuable lessons learned with the education community.

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Edmentum Digital Divide Professional Learning Industry 98

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Data released at the end of the 2021-22 school year showed the district increased math scores by double digits in grades 3-8, outperforming pre-COVID levels. 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.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Despite the lack of dedicated tech tools for ELLs, some teachers have taken to repurposing various apps and other digital resources in creative and useful ways that help their students acquire the language. Also, within the ed-tech industry, a few emerging companies are starting to develop some promising and exciting new innovations.

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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? The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Edtech trends come and go. All the trends and all the advancements in education are based on living breathing people who want to make the world a better place. A blogger , speaker, author, technology advocate and prominent voice in social media, Rafranz Davis aims to bridge the digital divide in schools. Rafranz Davis.

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EdTech E-rate Trends Microsoft 150

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2024

Overall, while these tools hold potential, they also may exacerbate the existing digital divide , particularly for children who either lack access to the technology or a qualified adult to work with them on using it effectively. Observing these trends is disappointing.

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EdTech Company Digital Divide Trends 140

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

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. –Dr. .

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 73

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

After a license is obtained, schools can partner with a telecom company to provide broadband service to homes. He points to Desert Sands Unified, a rural California district that used its license to partner with a local telecom company to provide home service. GHz) in that particular location. GHz band fits squarely in that plan. “The

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Broadband Policies Company Libraries 114

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Women entrepreneurs made up more than a third of the presenting companies. Learn Capital is closing on a seed investment vehicle dubbed “ LearnStart ,” which has already invested in a Finnish company, 3DBear. One of its investments announced this week is in Aula , a London-based company that just closed a $4.2

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Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 99

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

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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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 120

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Also via Edsurge : “How Boundaries Between Colleges and Companies Will Continue to Blur.” “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. .” Sensing a trend here? Tutoring company Clark has raised $2.2 and from Hacker News.

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Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” Here’s a trend to watch in 2017 : companies and organizations who “help” schools buy ed-tech : The Hechinger Report looks at a couple of these , LEAP Innovations and LearnLaunch.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

” Money and data – they’re intertwined for technology companies – are monopolized in a handful of corporate giants. As I wrote in the first article in this series , one of the latter companies, Bridge International Academies, was poised to take over Liberia’s public school system.

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Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. Also off campus, not on-: “ Unemployed Detroit Residents Are Trapped by a Digital Divide.” ” Trends to watch: Chinese investment in ed-tech. ” Go Ducks.

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

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.

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Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

One of the challenges of writing this series – and trust me, there are many – is separating my analysis out into ten articles that name ten distinct “trends.” But when trying to write about ten “trends,” it’s evident: everything overlaps. Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company.

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