The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In fact, more than 70 percent of teachers in Verizon Innovative Learning Schools reported feeling prepared, with 93 percent crediting the program with making aspects of remote instruction easier to implement. Tapping into the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools community. In December 2020, Congress appropriated $3.2

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2021

A few weeks ago, I participated in a webinar with K-12 students, parents and teachers about how online learning is going. Access to technology, we have learned, is also critical. Millions lack broadband. Without these basic needs met, learning cannot take place—and that was true before the pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2017

According to Future Ready Schools , there are 21 million students in the US who still lack the broadband capabilities necessary for digital learning. Automatically, scale–especially in the context of edtech–becomes a substantial issue when you are managing larger numbers of teachers, students and large class sizes.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

“We have to do something about that, especially now that so many of our students are learning remotely,” Muri said. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning. An initial report , which is still being finalized, states that “lack of broadband access in Ector County is a crisis.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons. According to an April 2018 Department of Education report, 18 percent of 5- to 17-year old students in “remote rural” districts have no broadband access at home.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2020

Fewer than half the nation’s law schools had figured out how to go online by the early stages of the crisis, for example, according to the firm Primary Research Group; higher-ranked law schools were less likely than others to have been prepared. Few universities and colleges proved ready for the abrupt change.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 7, 2020

What’s the best role for synchronous teaching and learning during a pandemic? Over the past few weeks the switch to wholly online learning has been represented by live video meetings. And – less widely discussed – there are decades of scholarship on how to teach with synchronous technologies.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Tagged on: July 11, 2017 Maine Charter School Moves Away From Online Learning Model | Maine Public → The Snow Pond Arts Academy charter school in Sidney had an ambitious goal — to be the first public school in Maine to use a model called “blended learning,” in which most of student work takes place in an online platform.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

We have failed to address the persistent inequities in student access to technology, broadband internet social networks, mentors, enrichment activities, community and service learning, and the other elements that comprise learning. They already know how to continue learning outside of school.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That changed when his school district in Fairfield County, South Carolina, switched to online learning during the pandemic. Online, he has no problem asking the teacher a question,” said Woodward. That last part is one of the biggest barriers to remote learning in rural areas. Credit: Image provided by Patricia Woodward.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2020

During a Senate hearing this week lawmakers asked tough questions about how to safely reopen the country’s schools this fall. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning. A new analysis released from the Center on Reinventing Public Education shows just how much ground there might be to cover.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? GHz frequency of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band. education system. temperature, lighting).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? Sustaining lessons learned. This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Today, 68 percent of districts say they meet that benchmark – a major increase that reveals just how many schools now see the value in improved internet connections. Here’s why it matters: A technology snafu creates a situation where precious class time can be lost. And it’s not just about wired connections. “The

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But let’s hope the future doesn’t look like the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, which was Ohio’s largest online K-12 school before its operators shut it down due to a drop in enrollment, stemming from an apparent lack of the human touch.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Eduverse.com is a revolutionary online learning environment providing a safe and secure ‘metaverse’ for K-12 schools. Leo , Tutor.com’s soon-to-come new academic support platform, is purpose-built from the ground up by learning experts, teachers, and web developers in collaboration with K-12 and higher-ed leaders.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. Tech Enablers.

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Edthena

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This month’s recommendations include creating virtual literature circles, making remote learning work, and strategies learned on how to combat the Covid learning loss. As a result, a new report has detailed “10 ways to make online learning work,” covering a variety of best practices. .

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Dr. Gonzales’s district is reaching out to local non-profits for help with the shift to 100% online learning, which cannot be done quickly or cheaply, especially at a time when the district is receiving less state funding.

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MindShift

MAY 4, 2020

schools initially closed in March, distance learning emerged as a way to keep kids learning. Classroom teachers scrambled to learn how to put lessons online and tens of thousands of Chromebooks and other devices were distributed in a matter of weeks in large school districts. Understand how people self-motivate. .

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Supporting these efforts, the Department of Energy published a how-to report on building net-zero K-12 schools in 2016 and created a “Zero-Energy Schools Accelerator” program to give districts technical guidance. RELATED: A school district is building a DIY broadband network. ” Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. FWA allows extremely high-speed broadband where fiber connections can be too cost-prohibitive to install.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 7, 2020

What’s the best role for synchronous teaching and learning during a pandemic? Over the past few weeks the switch to wholly online learning has been represented by live video meetings. And – less widely discussed – there are decades of scholarship on how to teach with synchronous technologies.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

I’m breaking it all down so you understand what’s coming, and how it affects you and your students. During “ Learning with Google ,” a free online learning event for educators, Google shared a lot of updates to our favorite Google products.

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Educator Innovator

JULY 8, 2014

We’ve heard a lot of talk these days about open educational resources and online courses and how these platforms can make high-quality learning available for all. The code.org campaign has been touting the potential of online courses to teach kids how to code.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Get ideas on how to participate! Thursday, October 23rd at 3pm Webinar: Online Learning for Inclement Weather , Join the discussion! In this session, three districts will share how they implemented online learning options to make up snow days. For more information, click here. Register at [link].

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Educator Innovator

JULY 8, 2014

We’ve heard a lot of talk these days about open educational resources and online courses and how these platforms can make high-quality learning available for all. The code.org campaign has been touting the potential of online courses to teach kids how to code.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2015

The sessions will guide students in how to best work in this setting—one with a state-of-the-art learning platform where teachers will facilitate student engagement with online course materials. Next page: How the AP blended learning program is structured.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

But there is one essential that has always been scarce in this part of the country and that she couldn’t stock up on: Broadband access. Perry’s home isn’t wired for broadband access. Only 13 percent of New Mexico’s population has access to a low-price internet service plan, according to Broadband Now, a research group.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

In this rural Tennessee county of just 12,000 residents, online learning simply isn’t an option for most families. A lot of our kids don’t have internet access,” said Coe, who knows students who routinely head to the library or the town’s McDonald’s to get online. The post How to reach students without internet access at home?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

I’m heartbroken for the impossible situation families have been put in, especially families with no resources, going to schools that don’t have the luxury of fancy online learning or giant schoolyards or under-crowded classrooms,” Latané says. And countless others have found the resources available online and gotten to work themselves.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Black parents have written about the ways that online learning can in fact be a less biased, less harmful experience for their children than in-person school and the pandemic has hit Black and Latinx communities the hardest , so they have seen the dangers of the coronavirus first hand.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

On a recent summer day, librarian Lyn Hunter posted a video to YouTube on how to make a weather thermometer using a straw, rubbing alcohol and a bottle. They posted it to the library’s YouTube channel as part of their new summer programming, the majority of which is taking place online due to COVID-19. . Fellow school librarians!

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