2025 Digital Divide Strategy 
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 28, 2025
Not all students have reliable internet connections or devices, creating a digital divide that exacerbates existing inequalitiesespecially for younger learners in an online elementary school setting where consistent access is critical for foundational development. Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology.
Education Superhighway
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Yet, in Chicago and cities nationwide, Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs) such as apartment buildings and public housing often remain at the center of the digital divide. Recognizing this critical gap, Chicago’s Digital Equity Council prioritized connecting MDUs in its latest Neighborhood Broadband Request for Proposals (RFP).
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Education Superhighway
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
In early January 2025, Governor Hochul of NY announced that the first round of funding through the Affordable Housing Connectivity Program had been awarded to Flume Internet to expand its service footprint in New York. million$3 million annual Connectivity Fund, which will begin in the second half of 2025.
Iterating Toward Openness
DECEMBER 13, 2024
Their list includes: Digital Divide and Educational Inequality GenAI may exacerbate existing inequalities within education: Unequal Access: High costs of advanced GenAI tools along with infrastructure requirements limit accessibility for underprivileged students and institutions. There is an active community (e.g.,
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.
eSchool News
MARCH 17, 2025
Digital tools, once mainly supplementary for many schools, became essential for delivering lessons, facilitating communication, and maintaining student engagement. This overnight pivot also exposed inequities in technology access, highlighting a digital divide among students from different socioeconomic backgrounds that persists today.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 14, 2025
Our second Library 2.025 mini-conference, " The Innovative Library: Creativity, Change, and Impact, " will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 11th, 2025, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. In 2025, he was elected the 2026–2027 President of the Public Library Association. and at the Library 2.0 YouTube channel.
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