Digital Divide Laptops Online Learning Secondary 
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos, used to texting quickly, was able to do simple assignments online, so at first her schoolwork was very easy.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 17, 2021
Remote learning has changed the approach to out-of-school suspension at Shenendehowa Central School District, where more than a fourth of students identify as nonwhite. With the ability to log into lessons online, students at the secondary level won’t have to miss instruction even if they’re suspended, says Superintendent L.
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Doug Levin
MARCH 19, 2017
But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge. But school district leaders are not of one mind of how to best spend the money.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 8, 2020
The digital divide raised similar concerns: If no phone numbers work for a family, if emails remain unanswered, how can counselors gauge the welfare of a child? In some districts, laptops and devices sent home with students have software that tracks keywords and alerts staff before students harm themselves or someone else.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. One Laptop Per Child. Um, they do.)
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