eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

To further the mission of closing the Digital Divide for students across the United States, each grant recipient will receive up to $25,000, which they may use for any combination of Kajeet Education Broadband solutions, including WiFi hotspots, school bus WiFi, LTE-embedded Chromebooks and routers.

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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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Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

With digital learning likely to stretch into the fall due to COVID-19, how can we ensure every student has equitable access to powerful learning opportunities? The crisis has shone a harsh light on the digital divide in the United States, surfacing thoughtful debate and long-overdue discussion around the equity gap.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

Like other K–12 school districts around the country, you’re closing the digital divide — making sure your students have access to technology that paves the way for their future successes. Powering their devices is a robust network and state-of-the-art cloud technology. The implementation was a total success. by Curtiss Strietelmeier.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

Students who have been underserved by a deeply inequitable education system often undergo a remarkable transformation at an HBCU. They typically come from K-12 school systems that lack resources like state-of-the-art learning technology, curriculum and student supports. Across the U.S., for example, some 1.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2023

These issues, among others, further widen the chasm between the haves and have-nots in Mississippi and are creating a new generation of students failed by the system. A significant challenge for Delta communities is the ever-growing digital divide.

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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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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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Digital Divide Secondary Elementary Strategy 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Yet, as we expand computing opportunities in schools and encourage students to be creators and critical users of digital media rather than simply end consumers, we must recognize that our evolving world of technological innovation is still (deliberately or inadvertently) reinforcing systemic injustice.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. Based on information systems research, you’ll explore the concept of “technostress” and its triggers, how to spot it in your students, and how it impacts learning.

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N2Y

MAY 20, 2021

Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund). What can bridge the digital divide within the special education community? To provide you with a clear idea of how much funding is available, we break down the specific funding both by state and type of funding. The Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEER Fund).

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 10, 2020

They chose not to figure out ways to bridge the digital divide for the most vulnerable families and students. The United States Office of Civil Rights addressed the issue with this Supplemental Fact Sheet: Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools (PDF) What next?

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Digital Divide Learning Guidelines Secondary 66

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. We spent a lot of time, as your data illustrated, reviewing content.”.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Their long-term learning system is a perfect complement to what we offer adult learners and will allow us to create a formidable life-long learning ecosystem. It positions individuals for success, starting in elementary school and continuing throughout their professional careers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

education system. We need to help educators and students better understand the power grid system, how it impacts them and the changes that are coming, including renewables, storage, and electric vehicles. Elementary students are not immune to serious student safety issues. Michael Arquin, Founder, KidWind.

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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. While a pandemic shouldn’t be the impetus for giving students what they need, we can take advantage of the fact that the crisis is forcing districts to finally close the digital divide.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Imagine you’re an elementary school student. You’ve called attention to the digital divide and other barriers that keep some students from equal participation. What kind of divides, technological or otherwise, do you see for young people today? That’s just one way technology in education can fail to serve some students.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

DEFINING EQUITY: EMPATHY, AUTHENTICITY, AND ACCESS Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, William J. Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Palmer High School calibrates the VR system. Amesse Elementary. Digital inequity is the thoughtful and intentional result of many interlocking systems of oppression.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

A llow s elementary schools the flexibility to add additional instructional days (up to 210 days); . C reate s reading academies , a year-round professional development training system based on the science of reading , for all K-3 teachers. . Bridging the Digital Divide. Designing New School Models.

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Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

A recent victory for Arkansas’ public school system shows that these collaborations can yield tangible and meaningful results, particularly for rural communities. Throughout this month, the FCC will encourage particular focus on issues surrounding digital access in America’s rural communities. This meeting is open to the public.

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Broadband Accessibility Digital Learning E-rate 58

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

He first carried out this vision as an elementary and middle school teacher before later becoming the principal of a high school on the east side of Indianapolis. And hopefully, we can build a space, an education system, and develop it so that our students are fit for the 21st century and can go on to be successful in this new world.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

A recent victory for Arkansas’ public school system shows that these collaborations can yield tangible and meaningful results, particularly for rural communities. Throughout this month, the FCC will encourage particular focus on issues surrounding digital access in America’s rural communities. This meeting is open to the public.

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edWeb.net

JULY 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and, in many ways, worsened the digital divide and other inequitable aspects of America’s education system. However, it also created opportunities to develop more equitable outcomes, based on the widespread switch to digital learning experiences and new education models.

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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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My Paperless Classroom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

I got a note from my friend Michelle, she teaches at Andrew Cook elementary in Waukegan. a magnet school for the arts and sciences with an antiquated sound system so that the 3 shows a year are not heard. a magnet school for the arts and sciences with an antiquated sound system so that the 3 shows a year are not heard.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. Gaggle provides school safety products and solutions to the K-12 market.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Federal funds help narrow the digital divide. One in 5 school systems report that they have already adopted a fully virtual school option, or are considering adopting this in the future, according to the Rand Corp. With JumpStart, says Ms. Millions of students still face access issues.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. What works for a high school in a major urban area may not fit the needs of a rural elementary school. Volunteers from Sherrelwood Elementary School in Westminster, Colo.,

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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. Textbooks have given way to Google Classroom and the Blackboard Learn management system, and lessons are assigned, submitted and assessed online.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Fill out the form below to view this webinar Read the Transcript Overcoming Obstacles to Bridging the Digital Divide in K-12 Learning 0:21 Hi, everyone, welcome to our webinar, We’re going to give everyone about 30 more seconds to join us, and then we’ll dive in. Thank you. 0:58 Hello, welcome everyone. What, what?

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sessions will showcase techniques from Lightspeed Systems experts and include time for Q&A. IT Leaders & Decision Makers, Digital Learning and Instructional Technologists, IT Admins, Network Admins, IT Security, IT Infrastructure roles, School Counselors, Safety leaders, and SROs. Thank you. 0:58 Hello, welcome everyone.

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Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Fill out the form below to view this webinar Read the Transcript Overcoming Obstacles to Bridging the Digital Divide in K-12 Learning 0:21 Hi, everyone, welcome to our webinar, We’re going to give everyone about 30 more seconds to join us, and then we’ll dive in. Thank you. 0:58 Hello, welcome everyone. What, what?

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