The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. When he taught at Castlemont in 2014, the school had only one Chromebook cart. “To Oakland launched OAK Wi-Fi, a broadband program, in late 2020 using $7.7

Digital Divide 114

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 114

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Though the rate of low-income students in the district has steadily increased in the last decade, so have graduation rates, to 83 percent in 2014. That’s why Middletown is investing as much in professional learning for teachers as it is in devices and broadband. The rest of the country is starting to pay attention as well.

Blended Learning 131

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 131

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Though the rate of low-income students in the district has steadily increased in the last decade, so have graduation rates, to 83 percent in 2014. That’s why Middletown is investing as much in professional learning for teachers as it is in devices and broadband. The rest of the country is starting to pay attention as well.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” ” Via Real Clear Education : “ K–12 Predictive Analytics : Time for Better Dropout Diagnosis.” ” Via CNET : “ Trump signs laws to promote women in STEM.” ” Here’s the Department of Education press release.

Education 40

Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

And Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng left Baidu , where he’d been since leaving the MOOC startup in 2014. Meanwhile, the state has cleared the company to become a dropout recovery school. broadband privacy rules.” ” From August: “ Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people.”

MOOC 56

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 56

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” ” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” “ Big data could solve the college-dropout problem ,” says The Washington Post.

Education 51

Education Kaplan Robotics E-rate 51