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’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

Digital Divide 109

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Close the Digital Gap for Students As technology becomes more ingrained in education, the digital divide is becoming an ever-larger driver of educational inequity. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. The result?

EdTech 142

EdTech Digital Divide Learning Social Media 142

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Teacher wellbeing and work-life balance are essential to a sustainable education system. And while the entire system needs to change, you can still help a teacher out. That’s why neglecting this area can lead to a bigger digital divide among students. Read more: Why self-compassion is important for teachers.

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Education Digital Divide Laptops Trends 363

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2022

This year’s K-12 Hero Awards Program, sponsored by JAR Systems and SAP Concur , will recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The nomination period runs from June 27 – September 1, 2022.

Digital Divide 140

Digital Divide Education eBook Laptops 140

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.

Digital Divide 141

Digital Divide Course Accessibility System 141

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

School systems with sufficient funding tend to get better results. In states like Kansas and Arizona , leaders have long underfunded their public education systems. Philadelphia’s schools, meanwhile, struggled mightily to close digital divides that prevented them from quickly launching distance-instruction.

Digital Divide 102

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Report 102

EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

Each student has a brand-new laptop and has easily mastered Google Classroom and the other educational apps you carefully chose for them. 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.

Digital Divide 193

Digital Divide Social Media Chromebook Laptops 193

ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

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. That’s because this allows companies to onboard multiple new recruits and train many employees at the same time.

Learning 327

Learning Smartphone Accessibility Social Media 327

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Distance learning has placed enormous pressure on both students and teachers and this is especially true of those in underrepresented communities who often lack access to sufficient support systems and resources,” said Rose Stuckey Kirk, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, Verizon.

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Training Digital Divide Tools Education 94

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Source (for all charts in article): BrightBytes survey Such findings are not surprising to Baker, who notes that they reaffirm the existence of the “ digital divide ,” or unequal access to technology across different communities and socioeconomic backgrounds. The pandemic also impacted manufacturers and supply chains as well.)

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Report Survey LMS Digital Divide 216

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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Survey Digital Divide Laptops Data 114

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

But instead of a deadly hurricane, this year brought another crisis that shut the city’s school system: the coronavirus pandemic. So far, the pandemic has revealed the challenges of conducting education remotely as well as uneven access to Wi-Fi and devices such as laptops. This story also appeared in The Huffington Post.

Digital Divide 116

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 116

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

There is still a digital divide in classrooms based on what technology is being used and how. When EducationSuperHighway launched, the Perry-Lecompton school district, in a rural area outside of Topeka, Kansas, still had laptop carts that teachers had to reserve if they wanted students to use computers in their classrooms.

E-rate 48

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 48

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2020

In the Los Angeles Unified School District, California’s largest public school system, Superintendent Austin Beutner announced in mid-May that “just about every one” of the district’s students had a device, thanks to a “procurement team working around the clock to scour the globe and find devices.”

Accessibility 145

Accessibility Online Learning Tablets Learning 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The state of Connecticut thinks it may have found a straightforward solution to the problem: Give every student in grades K-12 a laptop and pay for their internet. The impetus was really to close that achievement gap and that digital divide.” And for the past few months, the state has quietly been rolling it out.

Digital Divide 208

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Libraries 208

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Rolling cabinets stocked with dozens of the laptops sit in classrooms where teachers assign them to students for everything from researching hereditary DNA to writing essays. What’s unusual about James Lick’s Chromebook program isn’t the laptops themselves, but how they were paid for. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.

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Technology Chromebook Laptops iPad 104

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

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. Texas has the most rural students in America – between 800,000 and 1 million – which ma kes closing the digital divide challenging.

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). Education Department is asking schools and districts to take measures to protect data and reinforce IT systems, and if any schools were victimized, to contact the agency’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center for help.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

The infusion of innovative learning systems and computerization into educational settings promises to create significant change in the near future. Laptops and computer workstations have already made significant inroads into traditional learning environments. The Learning Management System Revolution.

Technology 68

Technology LMS Classroom Trends 68

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2016

As a forward-thinking, technology-driven district, we’ve long considered ourselves pioneers in bringing technology to students, and we’re proud of our mature, successful one-to-one laptop initiative. However, there still exists a digital divide to conquer. Community links.

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Laptops Digital Divide Secondary Accessibility 40

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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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 141

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020. Inequity looms large. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2016

The baby holds her smartphone, clicking, and Maria asks what I’m working on as she sees me typing obsessively on my laptop. These new skills and knowledge are the new fundamental requisites for K-12 studies, college studies, 21 st century jobs and ensuring lifelong earning in the digital innovation economy.

Digital Divide 40

Digital Divide STEM Game-Based Learning Training 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Rory Kennedy examines the gaps computer and internet access between wealthy and impoverished schools in her latest documentary, “Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America.”. But that won’t close what has come to be known as “the digital divide.”. How long has the “digital divide” been on your radar?

Digital Divide 63

Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility Laptops 63

Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

For example: These teachers are far more likely than their less-confident counterparts to report daily use of digital curricula, learning management systems, and parent communication tools. .

Survey 60

Survey Analysis Digital Divide Report 60

Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Students participating in the program will receive either a free smartphone, tablet, laptop, or “hotspot” device that offers them access to the web. history to bridge the digital divide.”. Sprint is billing the efforts as the “largest corporate initiative in U.S.

Broadband 40

Broadband Smartphone Digital Divide Company 40

Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

While there are video and audio tools that help bridge the physical distance, your communications strategy needs to include cognizance of the digital divide and your students’ access to these tools. Read more: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide.

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Strategy Tools Digital Divide Exercises 368

Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

million non-dominant students comprise nearly half of the school population, and many of them are underserved by their school systems, particularly when it comes to technology use. These findings support the notion that out-of-school programs can be critical partners in the effort to reduce the digital divide. The nation’s 23.8

Technology 41

Technology Digital Divide Blackboard Outcomes 41

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. Seven years ago, Walton was the first school in Albemarle County to give every student a laptop. Read more about the Digital Divide.

Broadband 89

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 89

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

BYOD — Bring Your Own Device — has gained some momentum in today’s education system. However, the education system must prepare students for the adult life, and we, adults, use technology more than we would like to admit. Only after proving they are “clean” will the system trust students and teachers with their use.

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BYOD Digital Divide Classroom Smartphone 382

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Yet, we’re also increasingly seeing a complementary methodology— systems thinking —gain traction among educators, entrepreneurs and investors. In 2017, +Acumen co-developed a new online course on Systems Practice with The Omidyar Group. Using Systems Thinking to Address Early Childhood Trauma in Rural North Carolina.

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System Education Laptops Digital Divide 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With the ambitious goal of closing the digital divide, Congress approved and President Biden recently signed into law $65 billion for broadband infrastructure—the largest federal investment in history. Still, solving the digital divide will not in itself create digital equity. million households remain unconnected.

Accessibility 173

Accessibility Digital Divide Broadband Laptops 173

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

As many experts will point out, DEI initiatives are prone to fail when they aren’t getting at the crux of the issue—existing systemic processes and challenges that prevent promising solutions and DEI-focused policies from being successful. And this creates a digital divide between those who can afford it and those who cannot.

Chromebook 119

Chromebook Robotics Elementary Training 119

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. That's a lot of computers.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Laptops and Chromebooks are not new, but they have a strong spot in many K-12 classrooms today. Learning management systems (LMS) and grading software automate routine tasks, saving time and improving efficiency. There are many technologies and technology tools used in K-12 education.

Trends 99

Trends Digital Divide EdTech Adaptive Learning 99

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

I think a lot about the future of technology and its potential impacts on students and the K-12 education system (intended and unintended). The new laptop ban highlights this mistrust." The real beneficiaries of a more sophisticated education advertising system will be the world’s learners.” This is ALSO true for edtech.

EdTech 170

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

I think a lot about the future of technology and its potential impacts on students and the K-12 education system (intended and unintended). The new laptop ban highlights this mistrust." The real beneficiaries of a more sophisticated education advertising system will be the world’s learners.” This is ALSO true for edtech.

EdTech 150

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150