Lightspeed Systems

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

At the same time, you’ll learn strategies to overcome challenges such as preventing bias and plagiarism and bridging the digital divide. With this guide, IT, educators and administrators will gain strategies to: Establish clear guidelines and revise academic policies to include Generative AI use. Get your copy now.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

It’s time for states to step up and realize that proper technology and WiFi connectivity are a must-have in public school districts, and that state policy is dangerously lagging behind. COVID-19 shed light on the huge gap in policy relating to tech and infrastructure provisioning—what many are now referring to as a civil rights issue.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Thirty years after the World Wide Web provided a gateway for the world to access information, connect, and learn, we are still facing a digital divide that has contributed to a continually expanding digital learning gap. Why hasn’t innovation in teaching and learning cascaded to underserved populations?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

For example, Gwinnett County Public Schools designed an online learning system (eCLASS) to support emergency online learning needs. How do we build on this momentum from such districts and many others and propel our systems towards a future of learning that enables all students to grow as lifelong, empowered learners?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

However, we must continually push systems so that all students are able to be successful in spaces where they have ownership and feel a sense of belonging (identity). Systems produce what they are designed to produce. Our education system was constructed to produce inequitable outcomes, and that is what it produces. Ralabate P.

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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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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Conversely, a 2020 report by the National Education Policy Center found that online charter schools generally underperformed traditional schools in terms of student academic growth. School districts worldwide swiftly transitioned to online learning platforms, leveraging technology to deliver instruction remotely.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

Before the pandemic hit our Latino community, we were making slow but steady progress in closing the equity gaps that prevent Latino students from truly thriving in our education system and workforce. Related: Survey reveals stark rich-poor divide in how U.S. children were taught remotely during the spring school closures .

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2022

Yang: We were first prompted to address concerns over the digital divide. And we want to close the digital divide. Successful professional development creates a sustainable teaching capacity inside the school system. EdSurge: What inspired the creation of CoolThink@JC? We want to close the wealth gap.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Parents, teachers and administrators are voting with their feet; their exodus from traditional public schools is destructive to the system but ultimately rational behavior. The United States has an embarrassingly bifurcated system of haves and have-nots in healthcare, and public education is rapidly spiraling toward the same direction.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

More and more schools adopt BYOD policies and allow students to bring their own mobile phones, tablets, eBooks, and other devices in the classroom, and use them as tools to enhance learning. Both success stories and failure stories of adopting BYOD policies and implementing BYOD programs in schools belong to this process.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

Unfortunately, for many schools and districts, the need for digital services and software to support basic communication between teachers, parents and students across the digital divide is one that is often overlooked and underfunded. For schools across the country, there is a digital chasm.

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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.

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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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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. Like McKneely, some educators, government officials and policy experts around the country say the coronavirus carries lessons for another global crisis of our time, climate change.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

However, here’s a refresher of the previous post and the five BYOD concerns that are already put on the table: BYOD deepens the digital divide; BYOD will distract students; BYOD encourages students to cheat; Students might forget to bring/charge their devices; Parents may need to pay more for BYOD.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 3, 2023

Prompts for other solutions take the form of text, image, video, design, musical notes, or any input that the system processes. Then, of course, the digital divide between students with and without ready access to technology may be destined to widen by generative AI in education, adversely impacting underserved and minority students.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

The pandemic has dragged on, prompting colleges to ricochet back and forth on mask mandate policies and rules about holding classes in person versus online. Recognition that the digital divide prevents academic progress has prompted colleges to do more to connect students with tech tools.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2022

Kajeet Private 5G customers use the award-winning, cloud-based Kajeet Sentinel® IoT platform for private wireless SIM and device management, content filtering, policy management, analytics insights, reporting, security, integrations, and automation. To learn more about Kajeet Private 5G, visit Kajeet Private 5G Platform.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Related: The affordability gap is the biggest part of the digital divide. They argue funding for high-speed internet and connected devices needs to be a permanent part of federal policy. Long-term, funding for devices and connectivity for low-income children must be part of how “we finance our education system,” Lovell said.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 27, 2017

There is also a concern that BYOD creates digital divides in the classroom between well-resourced students and those from families that simply cannot afford to give their children devices. In the US, concerns also include how the system will comply with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA).

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My Island View

MARCH 27, 2020

The consequences of our nationwide quarantine however, may be having a profound positive effect on our education system. In the past, many discussions by several education leaders have sometimes suggested the idea of education reform needing to blow up the current education system in order to affect any real change.

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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. We could have been focused on closing the digital divide. We could have provided the resources to support a digital education. They chose not to think about how to serve students with special needs.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

That raises the question: is the move to digital homework systems creating a new kind of digital divide at colleges? Textbook companies defend their new model, arguing that digital titles help students learn better than past methods and are sold for far less than traditional textbooks.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

And as a person interested in digital equity, I had a chance to connect experts who were national leaders on the digital divide. I couldn’t put my finger on it, but a systemic framework for all of this new learning was not apparent. Is this decision in alignment with our district's equity policy?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

And I think we're probably in the mid-nineties version of AI at the moment, and how it's going to how is going to benefit learning and education as a system ultimately, I guess, is for anybody's guess at the moment. 00;11;23;22 – 00;11;32;11 Dan Fitzpatrick It's going to be huge. I mean, it's a whole new world, but it's nothing.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

They prioritize student achievement, drive continuous improvement and implement policies that will ensure success for all. As digital learning transforms education across the country, how can board members ensure that their policies and budget decisions support digital learning opportunities and the robust infrastructure needed to support it?

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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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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2023

New curricula is available from partners including Discovery Education, McGraw Hill, and NYU Also, don’t miss their professional development virtual conference with Digital Promise, Elevating Innovation, on November 7th, helping educators explore ways to integrate tech in the classroom. See: Copyright Policy.

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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. The policies and infrastructures are in place to deliver. What can we take from this when we return to our classrooms?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Intelligent tutoring systems offer real-time feedback and guidance, promoting a more interactive and effective learning environment. Intelligent tutoring systems powered by AI provide real-time feedback and support to students. Beyond personalized learning, AI contributes to administrative efficiency in K-12 institutions.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

When COVID-19 disrupted the traditional model , Commissioner Mike Morath and his team quickly created policies to help ensure students would not fall through the cracks. . C reate s reading academies , a year-round professional development training system based on the science of reading , for all K-3 teachers. .

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 13, 2018

They prioritize student achievement, drive continuous improvement and implement policies that will ensure success for all. As digital learning transforms education across the country, how can board members ensure that their policies and budget decisions support digital learning opportunities and the robust infrastructure needed to support it?

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Digital Learning Future Ready Broadband Digital Divide 45

Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2016

To support powerful use of technology in classrooms, you need powerful infrastructure, includingadequate broadband and wireless, a mobile device management system (MDM), and a clear device incident workflow. Are policies in place? The digital divide has been bridged, and every learner now has access — at school and at home.

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Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility Mobility 96

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The impetus was really to close that achievement gap and that digital divide.” The city’s library already had a program—now operating remotely—to teach technology skills to adults, such as how to complete job applications online and use the school district’s learning management system.

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Linways Technologies

JANUARY 14, 2021

I think the policy is to get them involved by making them engaged and that is how we faced this challenges. What is the relevance of technology in the current education system? Our educational system has not changed much from the Raj times. I think the challenge lies in making our educational system more practical oriented.

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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. Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy.

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