Advocacy Laptops Online Learning 
The Hechinger Report
MAY 21, 2020
More than 99 percent of schools nationwide have access to speedy and reliable internet, making online learning an option for their students. School buildings are closed because of coronavirus, and the bandwidth that powered digital learning for kids is going unused. schools is effectively closed. Only, now it doesn’t matter.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 2, 2020
Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. I just don’t like doing work on an online platform.
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The Hechinger Report
MAY 23, 2020
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 We don’t have a distance learning plan that is operating on all cylinders,” he said in April.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 14, 2021
While the pandemic and the sudden shutdown of schools provoked fear, the teachers at this remote refugee camp in northern Iraq weren’t worried about how students would cope: They were confident their students were prepared to take their learning fully online. They had something more important: basic digital literacy.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos, used to texting quickly, was able to do simple assignments online, so at first her schoolwork was very easy.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 7, 2023
Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning. It just depends.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 3, 2024
In fact, Pennsylvania has quietly become the “cyber charter capital of the nation” according to a report from the education advocacy group Children First PA. Asiyah Jones, 6, works on her laptop at her home in Philadelphia. Still, for some students, the adjustment to online learning can be hard.
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