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The Pandemic’s Lasting Lessons for Colleges, From Academic Innovation Leaders

Edsurge

Recognition that the digital divide prevents academic progress has prompted colleges to do more to connect students with tech tools. One reason to build in-house VR systems is that there aren’t many great educational options on the market yet, says Schatzberg of Utah Tech.

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Three Big Bills, Three Ways to Access Educational Funding

N2Y

What can bridge the digital divide within the special education community? What do we know is effective for accelerating learning for students with gaps? What technological innovations will best meet the unique learning needs of students with disabilities?

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A guest post from AASL’s Banned Websites Awareness Day Committee

NeverEndingSearch

In 2014, ALA Washington’s Office for Information and Technology Policy (OITP) developed a helpful white paper to examine CIPA’s decade-long impact, Fencing Out Knowledge t h a t d e l i n e a t e d f o u r recommendations t o ALA: Increase awareness of the spectrum of filtering choices.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

The organization’s research “aims to transform monolithic, factory-model systems into student-centered designs that educate every student successfully and enable each to realize his or her fullest potential.” The Education Program at the Christensen Institute examines K–12 and higher education issues through the lens of disruptive innovation.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ ACT said Monday that students with disabilities who apply for accommodations on the college entrance exam ‘will soon benefit from a new system that will simplify and speed up the application process,’” Politico reports. Also off campus, not on-: “ Unemployed Detroit Residents Are Trapped by a Digital Divide.”