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The digital divide still holds students back

eSchool News

Although some gains in high school students’ technological device and internet access have occurred since ACT first investigated the digital divide in 2018, device and internet access of students with lower family incomes is lagging that of students with higher family incomes,” said Jeff Schiel, Ph.D,

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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

His schools have been scrambling to set up online learning, connect students with virtual counseling and get laptops into the hands of families — steps McKneely says will be invaluable if another hurricane disrupts education. “We The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide.

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Coronavirus accelerates higher education’s trend toward distance learning

The Hechinger Report

And the California State University system as a whole is one of the biggest remote educators in the country; more than 150,000 students took online courses there in the 2018-19 academic year. The coronavirus-induced shift of learning off campus was dramatic, but it accelerated a trend that has been growing over the past several years.

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OPINION: School leaders must come forward to help Latino students after the pandemic set back long-awaited progress

The Hechinger Report

Between 1995 and 2018, the percentage of Latinos with a high school diploma rose from 53 percent to 72 percent. Related: Survey reveals stark rich-poor divide in how U.S. For decades, courageous Latinos pushed hard to get national, state and district leaders to prioritize the education of Latino students, and it was paying off.

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Every student needs summer school this year to combat coronavirus learning loss

The Hechinger Report

More recent studies show that the summer is a pivotal period for student learning. According to 2018 study by the U.S. In particular, teachers’ encouragement of reading over the summer months can have a positive effect on reducing students’ summer learning loss.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: July 11, 2017 Maine Charter School Moves Away From Online Learning Model | Maine Public → The Snow Pond Arts Academy charter school in Sidney had an ambitious goal — to be the first public school in Maine to use a model called “blended learning,” in which most of student work takes place in an online platform.

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Counseling kids during the coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher

The Hechinger Report

Initially, following the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the students led a 15,000-person rally for stricter gun laws. In 2018, educators submitted one-fifth of all reports alleging child maltreatment, according to the U.S. They held a “die-in” at the office of Republican Gov. It’s tough.

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