EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

Before the pandemic, we knew there was a digital divide in America. The need to close the divide can no longer be ignored because students of all ages are locked out from school – not just because of the virus itself, but from lack of an internet connection at home. Enter COVID-19. Back in 2017, the U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

Before the pandemic, we knew there was a digital divide in America. The need to close the divide can no longer be ignored because students of all ages are locked out from school – not just because of the virus itself, but from lack of an internet connection at home. Enter COVID-19. Back in 2017, the U.S.

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Digital Divide Broadband Online Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

MAY 16, 2020

“This difference in the graduation rates is especially concerning because we know those without a high school diploma experience lower earnings and higher unemployment than those with a diploma,” states the DOE report. DISCOVER: Learn how a school district is solving the digital-equity problem for ELL students.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2020

“This difference in the graduation rates is especially concerning because we know those without a high school diploma experience lower earnings and higher unemployment than those with a diploma,” states the DOE report. DISCOVER: Learn how a school district is solving the digital-equity problem for ELL students.

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Technology Digital Divide Data Meeting 195

EdTech Magazine

MAY 13, 2020

“This difference in the graduation rates is especially concerning because we know those without a high school diploma experience lower earnings and higher unemployment than those with a diploma,” states the DOE report. DISCOVER: Learn how a school district is solving the digital-equity problem for ELL students.

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Technology Digital Divide Data Meeting 195

EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

After all, they’ve had a lot to figure out — from finding ways to bridge the digital divide to ensuring student security and privacy online. With the rapid transition to remote learning, it’s been a trying time for many school districts across the country. Another major challenge is maintaining student attendance.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2020

“This difference in the graduation rates is especially concerning because we know those without a high school diploma experience lower earnings and higher unemployment than those with a diploma,” states the DOE report. DISCOVER: Learn how a school district is solving the digital-equity problem for ELL students.

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Technology Digital Divide Data Meeting 150

EdTech Magazine

MAY 16, 2020

After all, they’ve had a lot to figure out — from finding ways to bridge the digital divide to ensuring student security and privacy online. With the rapid transition to remote learning, it’s been a trying time for many school districts across the country. Another major challenge is maintaining student attendance.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

After all, they’ve had a lot to figure out — from finding ways to bridge the digital divide to ensuring student security and privacy online. With the rapid transition to remote learning, it’s been a trying time for many school districts across the country. Another major challenge is maintaining student attendance.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2020

After all, they’ve had a lot to figure out — from finding ways to bridge the digital divide to ensuring student security and privacy online. With the rapid transition to remote learning, it’s been a trying time for many school districts across the country. Another major challenge is maintaining student attendance.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 8, 2020

After all, they’ve had a lot to figure out — from finding ways to bridge the digital divide to ensuring student security and privacy online. With the rapid transition to remote learning, it’s been a trying time for many school districts across the country. Another major challenge is maintaining student attendance.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Others are creating maps for students to find free Wi-Fi zones in their areas , District Administration reports. Administrators can also apply for grants specifically designed to help combat the digital divide to help augment government funding. For some districts, the answer has been to equip school buses with Wi-Fi access.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

CCISD recognized that digital equity is more than devices for all; it also requires that students experience success and that teachers and leaders effectively, appropriately, and equitably use technology to provide quality learning. The district produces the Tech2Teach Digital Magazine celebrating everything tech related in the classroom.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. It remains a modest gesture toward addressing much bigger questions. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. It remains a modest gesture toward addressing much bigger questions. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

“With less than 3% of VC funds employing black and Latinx investment professionals, only a small fraction of that sum will find its way to businesses owned or run by people of color,” according to the magazine Fast Company analysis of data compiled by the venture capital database Pitchbook.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. teachers are calling on government and school boards to take steps to protect student privacy and support teachers’ use of digital reporting tools.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 26, 2012

This morning, the May issue of Wired Magazine landed on my doormat, and what did I see inside? Another objection to the flipped classroom is the digital divide. According to the Wired magazine article, 'flipped teaching is essentially a type of tutoring. Does anyone know, or is the term being misused or misrepresented?

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. teachers are calling on government and school boards to take steps to protect student privacy and support teachers’ use of digital reporting tools.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Television coverage included this report by NBC10’s Stephanía Jiménez: For me, one of the most powerful moments was Kayla Johnson’s poignant recognition of her privilege , as a student who attended Philadelphia schools that still had librarians through her whole K12 experience. He discussed the digital divide with them.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 14, 2015

In 1961, the Ford Foundation’s Teaching by Television report declared that TV would provide poor students with “instruction of a higher order than they might otherwise receive.” Closing education’s digital divide is exactly the kind of grand challenge that the world’s greatest universities should be tackling head on.

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