The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

In a spring survey in California, nearly one-third of Spanish-speaking families said that they could not understand the distance learning information sent home by their children’s schools. American schools are overwhelmingly English-only environments — and too often, this can make them hostile spaces for English learners and their families.

Education 144

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 144

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

CoSN is a professional association and advocacy group for district technology leaders with a goal of “empowering educational leaders to leverage technology to create engaging learning environments and provide the tools essential for their success”. Organization: Digital Promise. URL: www.digitalpromise.org. Organization: EveryoneOn.

Future Ready 100

Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

Developing and Delivering Information Technology: Leadership Commitment Achieving digital equity required leadership to set and communicate goals to increase opportunities and accessibility for all students. The district produces the Tech2Teach Digital Magazine celebrating everything tech related in the classroom.

Accessibility 93

Accessibility LMS Chromebook Digital Divide 93

edWeb.net

JUNE 29, 2022

Like most rural communities, this created a significant digital divide when COVID-19 forced schools nationwide to close in March 2020. Therefore, the district’s team members needed to provide leadership in delivering information technologies to increase opportunities and accessibility for all students within the community.

Strategy 93

Strategy Digital Divide BYOD Accessibility 93

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And 85 percent of teachers support even greater use of digital learning in their schools, according to a recent survey by NewSchools Venture Fund and Gallup. There is still a digital divide in classrooms based on what technology is being used and how. EducationSuperHighway’s advocacy supported the district’s efforts perfectly.

E-rate 60

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 60

NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

School libraries provide a broader range of reading levels, fiction and nonfiction for both recreational and informational purposes, and a much larger collection from which students can choose, especially when they might quickly read through what is available in a classroom library. This was no longer an information-gathering visit.

Resources 81

Resources Libraries Advocacy Accessibility 81

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

Report 40

Report Broadband E-rate Advocacy 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

Libraries 50

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 50

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion. and at the Library 2.0

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

Libraries 45

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion. and at the Library 2.0

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion. and at the Library 2.0

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion. and at the Library 2.0

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 12, 2022

conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. He is a proud alumnus of the University of South Carolina with a degree in History and earned his Master of Library and Information Science Degree from South Carolina’s College of Library & Information Science.

Libraries 61

Libraries Conference Accessibility System 61

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

Last week , Excel in Ed hosted Commissioner Morat h and Jennifer Esterline , founder and director of Educate Texas’ Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium , for a deep dive into about the state’s COVID-19 strategy and approach.? ? . Bridging the Digital Divide. Designing New School Models. platform.

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2022

conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. He is a proud alumnus of the University of South Carolina with a degree in History and earned his Master of Library and Information Science Degree from South Carolina’s College of Library & Information Science.

Libraries 45

Libraries Conference Digital Divide System 45

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Dr. Abshire pointed out that the challenges for today’s district leaders include protecting students’ data and other information, filtering content, and establishing acceptable use policies for students and teachers. She is a past board member and chair of CoSN and is Vice President of Advocacy and Programs for LACUE.

E-rate 45

E-rate EdTech Broadband Libraries 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 7, 2022

conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. He is a proud alumnus of the University of South Carolina with a degree in History and earned his Master of Library and Information Science Degree from South Carolina’s College of Library & Information Science.

Conference 54

Conference Libraries Accessibility System 54

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 21, 2022

conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. He is a proud alumnus of the University of South Carolina with a degree in History and earned his Master of Library and Information Science Degree from South Carolina’s College of Library & Information Science.

Libraries 36

Libraries Conference Digital Divide System 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2022

conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. He is a proud alumnus of the University of South Carolina with a degree in History and earned his Master of Library and Information Science Degree from South Carolina’s College of Library & Information Science.

Conference 36

Conference Libraries Digital Divide System 36

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

First, districts need to address the digital divide/homework gap in meaningful ways. Another aspect of the digital divide includes teachers. What’s needed to address the digital divide for all is sustainable, dedicated funding that allows districts to meet the needs of the community.

System 55

System Digital Divide E-rate Education 55

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Over the decades, however, local PTAs shifted their attention and efforts away from advocacy work to fundraising for individual schools. Related: A parent-led effort to close the digital divide. Credit: Dawn Larson. Less than a quarter of public schools in the U.S. García said. “My

Elementary 145

Elementary Education Report Groups 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. of the Aurora Institute, formerly known as iNACOL, an advocacy organization promoting competency-based education. Inequity looms large.

Learning 91

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 91

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. In Occidental, California, Matthew Morgan, superintendent of the Harmony Union School District, said the pandemic has exposed a big digital divide and online learning was slow to roll out. “We

Digital Divide 131

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 131

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. Chavous is a founding board member of the American Federation for Children , the school choice advocacy group formerly chaired by Betsy DeVos.”

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Company Coursera 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Information is power. Um, they do.) Course Signals.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Already a key part of many people’s information consumption, Facebook explicitly wants to become an education company, working with a charter school chain to develop education software. Facebook is, although Mark Zuckerberg denies it , a media company. Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. The US Presidential Campaign.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40