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Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools

The Hechinger Report

According to the latest survey data from the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of adults have broadband internet at home. While 92 percent of adults from households earning $75,000 or more per year say they have broadband internet at home, just 56 percent of adults from households earning below $30,000 say the same.

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Using Your Strategic Plan to Keep Your Stakeholders Informed and Engaged During Times of Change

Education Elements

We may not know if all of our students are safe and accounted for, let alone if they have access to a device and broadband connection. maybe an A day/B day schedule to reduce the number of kids in the building at one time?).

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[Guest Post] The Future of Learning is Now

Education Elements

It also helped launch KIPP Empower Academy in Los Angeles whose blended design was Anthony Kim’s first project that led to the formation of Education Elements. At that time, the only schools we could find that were innovating as whole school models were charters. The Hume Foundation continues to be laser focused on our mission.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. . – Kylie Mollicone, third grade teacher.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. .” - Kylie Mollicone, third grade teacher.

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Bringing Personalized Learning Into Rural Schools

Edsurge

Keara Duggan at Education Elements —a technical assistance provider for districts implementing personalized learning—notes: “Many rural families have attended the same schools for generations, and we’ve seen pushback from parents who don’t understand why school is changing for their kids.”.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Education Elements has also released a report on personalized learning. Via Brookings : “Signs of digital distress: Mapping broadband availability and subscription in American neighborhoods.” ” “What happens after American higher education contracts?