Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Prior to the pandemic, students participating in College Connect gathered at a local school after school to access applications and resources while receiving support from staff, including the superintendent. The district invested in mobile hotspot vehicles that are deployed daily across eight areas of town.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Q&A: Tracy Smith on the Value of a Team Approach to Digital Equity. Mon, 11/11/2019 - 12:34. Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, like many of the nation’s public school systems, is seeing increases in student poverty rates and English language proficiency — trends that could make any existing digital divides worse.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Q&A: Kim Buryanek on Bringing Digital Equity into Classrooms. Thu, 11/07/2019 - 15:06. EDTECH: What challenges related to digital equity are you facing in your district? We have a divide, whether it’s a socioeconomic divide or an opportunity divide. It’s a digital divide too.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Over the past eight years, WANRack has worked with schools and communities to close the digital divide and ensure students have access to digital learning in every classroom, every day. With that in mind, WANRack announced their continued commitment to unlocking digital learning opportunities across the country.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

After all, in October 2019 the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway declared that nearly 99 percent of U.S. On the home front, three organizations have released a “guidebook” to help schools and states close the internet access and device gap. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. That Broadband Gap Bar? Podcasts, anyone?

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

But a staggering number of families lack access to the digital tools required for learning at home. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

The biggest danger that higher education faces as a sector, though, is the loss of gains that we have made over the past 20 years in access to a college education — with all of the accompanying benefits to individuals and our entire society — for first-generation and minority students. This story about access to U.S.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

— Andy Choi (@dudeitsandychoi) September 7, 2019. Many of our students don’t have this accessibility at their house, so this is going to provide them a level playing field, and it’s also going to be able to give them the skills that they need,” said principal Stacy O’Rourke. pic.twitter.com/Np9nX5U9A0. Dream big, kids!

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2023

We encourage youth to submit ideas focused on one of the following three categories: Digital Empowerment, Equity In Action and Thriving Planet. Digital Empowerment ideas can be solutions that help bridge the digital divide. Check Out These Changemakers Ian’s Giving Garden was one of the winners / finalists in 2019.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Educators across the nation can now access Teacher Training Pathways , a free platform offering courses aligned to micro-credentials on remote and hybrid learning, instructional technology coaching and more. Applications are now being accepted by Digital Promise from districts with Title I schools across the nation.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

suffer on the no-internet side of the digital divide , according to the Federal Communications Commission. And this spring, 60 percent of low-income parents expressed that their children are likely to experience at least one digital obstacle doing their K-12 homework online. Despite in 2019 the U.S. poverty rate being 10.5

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Others shared that they or their colleagues fear being reprimanded by school leaders for trying something new, don’t feel adequately trained, or lack access to the tools they need to implement edtech effectively. Internet access has also improved substantially.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Schools’ struggles to engage English learners’ families during the pandemic partly stem from another pre-pandemic inequity — gaps in access to digital learning devices and the internet. For English learners, the pandemic is both a crisis and a revelation. By and large, English learners aren’t thriving under distance learning.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Media literacy is often defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and communicate information or media. Experts say that many Americans, both young and old, lack the skills required to critically analyze information in a digital world. Related: How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

For example, a 2019 study published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning reported no significant differences in academic achievement between online and traditional classroom learners. Do students learn better online or in a classroom: statistics help shed light. What is the success rate of online learning?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

JumpStart provided a pipeline to NOVA as more than a third of students enrolled in the fall (while community college enrollment fell by around 10% at the start of the school year compared with 2019, NOVA enrollment increased by 2%). The program also bolstered access to learning opportunities at times limited by availability and affordability.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

It provoked an outcry among education groups, who argued that the decision would be reduce home internet access for students in rural areas—thereby widening the homework gap. Jessica Rosenworcel (@JRosenworcel) July 10, 2019. Wait, I said start at the beginning. What’s spectrum? Today the @FCC burns this policy down.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

Digital Divides and the COVID Slide. Over the past several years, progress has been made with regard to the “digital divide,” the gap between students who have access to technology and those who do not. And access by itself is not enough. ST Math students will be able to access the program from home.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s no great overstatement to say that the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to rollback net neutrality protections has shaken the education community’s faith in open and equitable internet access for all students. Since it began in the 1990s, E-Rate has helped bring high-speed internet access to 97 percent of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

But previous research has documented that low-income families often don’t have access to high quality childcare after school or during the summers. For example, a 2019 study found that social media use doesn’t harm adolescent well-being. It’s not clear that frequent technology use is harmful.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to help close the digital divide. TimePod is part of Verizon Innovative Learning HQ , and you can access free lesson ideas and much more through their free, online portal. Lessons for the app are accessible for free via Verizon Innovative Learning HQ. © Shake Up Learning 2023.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the district’s assessment data showed math scores were low, contributing to 14 out of 48 schools in the district being identified as low performing in 2019. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources.

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

As educational systems are rebuilt after the disruption of the global pandemic, a new relief fund is providing aid to districts to address trauma, learning acceleration, the digital divide, and much more. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

As educational systems are rebuilt after the disruption of the global pandemic, a new relief fund is providing aid to districts to address trauma, learning acceleration, the digital divide, and much more. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Now, the FCC’s Second E-rate Modernization Order (adopted December 2014) will address the connectivity gap — particularly in rural areas — maximize high-speed connectivity purchasing options, extend the program’s budget through 2019, and increase the E-rate funding cap to $3.9 Broadband isn’t a luxury anymore,” she says.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 31, 2020

With the possibility of remote learning returning this fall, the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the philanthropic community, and leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) recognized a historic opportunity to eliminate broadband accessibility as a barrier to digital learning. On June 25, 2020, Mayor Lori E.

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edWeb.net

JULY 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and, in many ways, worsened the digital divide and other inequitable aspects of America’s education system. However, it also created opportunities to develop more equitable outcomes, based on the widespread switch to digital learning experiences and new education models. Learning Transformation.

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Bryan Alexander

JULY 18, 2019

Reflecting more limited access to education, Hispanic workers are most at risk of displacement, followed by African Americans. Moreover, the digital divide – that perennially unpopular problem – can widen as a result of these changes. — Tom Var (@Tom_Var) July 18, 2019.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Our students are granted the opportunity to flourish with access to knowledge, resources, the world of literature and the creation of school community. Approximately 50 schools have libraries with catalog systems, and all schools have a subscription to PA Power Library, which makes libraries virtually accessible to all schools.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 12, 2022

He was appointed to the position in March 2019 by Mayor London Breed. Michael Lambert has championed increased and equitable access to libraries through expanded hours and a fine-free library system. During his tenure, the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) was named the 2018 National Library of the Year by Library Journal.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

At the same time, the report cites the urgent need to close the digital divide for 2.3 million students across the nation who lack access to the minimum connectivity required for digital learning. million teachers in more than 81,000 schools have the Internet access they need for digital learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 7, 2022

He was appointed to the position in March 2019 by Mayor London Breed. Michael Lambert has championed increased and equitable access to libraries through expanded hours and a fine-free library system. Meeting needs. Offering hope. Brown came to CPL in 2021 after more than a decade serving in Californian districts.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. In my reflection, I have attempted to present ideas for all schools across the digital divide.

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MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

And when you lower that stress factor, they are more readily able to access the content of the lesson.” . It’s definitely an accessibility feature that everyone can benefit from.”. A Pew Research study from 2019 found that Latinx and Black adults in the U.S. “I feel like their stress factor lowers.

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Bryan Alexander

JULY 18, 2019

Reflecting more limited access to education, Hispanic workers are most at risk of displacement, followed by African Americans. Moreover, the digital divide – that perennially unpopular problem – can widen as a result of these changes. — Tom Var (@Tom_Var) July 18, 2019.

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Report Digital Divide Mobility Robotics 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2022

He was appointed to the position in March 2019 by Mayor London Breed. Michael Lambert has championed increased and equitable access to libraries through expanded hours and a fine-free library system. During his tenure, the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) was named the 2018 National Library of the Year by Library Journal.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2022

He was appointed to the position in March 2019 by Mayor London Breed. Michael Lambert has championed increased and equitable access to libraries through expanded hours and a fine-free library system. During his tenure, the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) was named the 2018 National Library of the Year by Library Journal.

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