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Closing the Digital Divide with an Emphasis on Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Sponsored post Bridging the digital divide is a monumental task. I watched some districts go 1:1 in a matter of days while also providing mobile hotspots for disadvantaged students. Verizon is not only working to increase access to close the digital divide, but they are also providing critical support to improve learning.

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A Final Frontier of the Digital Divide: Getting Wi-Fi to the Most Remote Areas

EdTech Magazine

It bought mobile hotspots and installed cellphone towers on school buildings. The district secured funding from philanthropies. It developed business partnerships to get low-income families in Odessa, a large city that’s the county seat, free broadband access through June 2021. But even those efforts fell short of addressing the Wi-Fi…

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Bridging the Digital Divide

EdTech Magazine

By Ryan Petersen Innovative schools are working to turn things around for underserved students.

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The Digital Divide Has Narrowed, But 12 Million Students Are Still Disconnected

Edsurge

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. As of December 2020, the number of students impacted by the digital divide has narrowed to 12 million.

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Here’s How Colleges Should Help Close the Digital Divide in the COVID-Era

Edsurge

One key problem prevalent in many low-socioeconomic communities around the nation—like San Antonio, which now has the highest poverty rate of the country's 25 largest metro areas —is the digital divide. Together we can close the gap on the digital divide. billion Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF).

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Digital Divide 2.0: a few facts and figures

Neo LMS

Today we launch right in with a topic that is on the minds and hearts of many teachers – the “digital divide”; that silent, pernicious socioeconomic gap between students that have and students that do not have access to technology. Digital divide: facts and figures. Income vs. Access: The Digital Divide in the US.

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Facing a Digital Divide, Student Success Requires Connectivity and Access to Technology

Edsurge

The digital divide has long been a simmering problem facing millions of students that took a global pandemic to bring to a boil. Despite incremental progress made to narrow the digital divide, students’ success today hinges on having access to a connected device and high-speed internet in the classroom and at home.