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’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

Digital Divide 126

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 126

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2020

Waterford.org also provides families with laptops and internet service, helping reduce the digital divide that would have prevented many low-income kids from logging on. He also sees an upside to more children gaining access to technology devices like laptops. Almost a third of all homes in the county lack broadband access.

Guidelines 126

Guidelines Laptops Learning Digital Divide 126

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

What is alarming for advocates and policy-makers, is that even for families that do have broadband internet access at home, the survey found that most are “ under-connected ,” or lacking devices or service that are sufficient and reliable enough for remote learning. An additional $7.17

Broadband 129

Broadband Survey Digital Divide Accessibility 129

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

That’s vastly better than assigning students homework that doesn’t provide feedback and resembles busy work, be it photocopied word searches in the elementary grades or repetitive math worksheets across the school years. Those dull, outdated assignments don’t further learning goals and only serve to disengage students.

Tools 88

Tools Laptops Analysis Broadband 88

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

Accessibility 69

Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 69

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

In Utah, the Murray City School District had been slowly developing a broadband network for students for two years when funding from the CARES Act helped the district speed up the rollout. The researchers found that most of these solutions are short term, however, and will require more funding.

Learning 145

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

percent of residents have broadband). Perry found her a laptop to borrow, then a scholarship to buy one. “I In addition, they faced the added rural burdens of spotty cell service and fragile high-speed internet (it went down two days in a row in the schools, which are designated hotspots in a county where just 52.4

How To 143

How To Education Report Accessibility 143

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. It is difficult for the 1,200-student district to offer STEM, foreign language or Advanced Placement courses year-round.

Industry 40

Industry Broadband Course Elementary 40

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. It is difficult for the 1,200-student district to offer STEM, foreign language or Advanced Placement courses year-round.

Industry 40

Industry Broadband Course Elementary 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

FWA allows extremely high-speed broadband where fiber connections can be too cost-prohibitive to install. Think of broadband speeds where large amounts of data can allow students to collaborate digitally from their schools or homes. — Nicollette LeTellier, STEM Specialist for K-5, Swift Water Elementary School.

EdTech 117

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 117

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades. When classrooms went online in 2020, the digital divide was amplified showing the gap between students who had, did not have, access to broadband internet and digital tools at home.

EdTech 70

EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Along with Rose, I contacted a middle and an elementary school teacher to see how they are faring. In Wood’s suburban Massachusetts district, elementary school educators were so concerned about their students they held a car parade , driving through streets and shouting greetings from a distance. Will we get yearbooks? said Glick. “I

Broadband 143

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 143

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. Their family does not have a computer or broadband internet at home, so the siblings have to take turns sharing their mom’s phone to access online lessons. Almost 40 percent of households in Washington County don’t have broadband service at home. Credit: Terri Johnson.

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. on March 18, 2020.

Learning 94

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 94

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This means help with the nontuition costs of college: books, laptops, housing, childcare, transportation, broadband and more. According to a June 2021 report by the Center for an Urban Future, thousands of CUNY students drop out each year because of financial barriers that make attending classes untenable.

Broadband 110

Broadband Training Laptops Report 110

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that. “Some of them have laptops. ” “Kind of.” And we’ve got WritingCity.

Learning 52

Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In 2015, nearly 80 percent of surveyed elementary students reported using a tablet regularly compared with 66 percent in 2014. Similar to elementary students, the survey saw only an 8 percent increase in smartphone use for middle school students from 2014 to 2015 (from 58 percent to 66 percent).

Mobility 40

Mobility Pearson Tablets Smartphone 40

MindShift

APRIL 24, 2020

Mulgrew says opening New York City’s elementary schools first might make sense, because they are more likely to be within walking distance for families, and because those students are normally with one main classroom teacher, meaning fewer changes to existing scheduling and staffing. It’s hurting entire communities.

Digital Divide 69

Digital Divide Groups Broadband Policies 69

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The agency issued an order to support affordable access to high-speed broadband in particular (not merely “access to the Internet”) and to boost access and bandwidth of schools’ WiFi networks. That is, the Internet remains filtered, even when students are on their laptops at home.

E-rate 50

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 50