The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

The teachers worked in elementary, middle and high schools. Then I have my [school] laptop to monitor anything if students email me during class that they’re having technical difficulties. And then I have my personal laptop on so the students can see me with Microsoft Teams.”. teaching work force.

Personalized Learning 141

Personalized Learning Study Laptops Learning 141

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2024

Some parents and educators are calling for a ban on smartphones and laptops in schools. In fact, they are already factoring in the potential for learning when they make decisions about technology. This study and others provide clear evidence that children can learn when people read storybooks to them online.

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Laptops Smartphone Learning Data 134

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.

Digital Divide 126

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 126

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. But school district leaders are not of one mind of how to best spend the money. That's a lot of computers. It is a massive innovative market with supportive government policies and strong market demand.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook iPad Laptops 170

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Some students couldn’t study online and found jobs instead. During the prolonged online learning , some students fell so far behind developmentally and academically that they no longer knew how to behave or learn at school. She worked as a home health aide and couldn’t monitor Ezekiel online.

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Data Analysis Online Learning Laptops 124

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Two student at Greenville’s Em Boyd Elementary, work on a science project on an iPad. He used that money to buy enough laptops and iPads for every high school student to have their own device, and for every elementary and middle school student to have access to a device in their classroom. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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Laptops iPad Elementary Report 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Most cell phones these days don’t come with headphone jacks, so many students only had wireless ear buds at their disposal, but needed plug-in headphones for their laptop school computers. She has a work-issued laptop and a large monitor she uses to see and acknowledge raised hands among a sea of three dozen faces.

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Tablets Laptops Analysis Trends 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings.

Digital Divide 145

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Back in April, as schools across the country shifted to online instruction to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Scott Muri saw firsthand just how damaging lack of internet access can be for students and families. We have to do something about that, especially now that so many of our students are learning remotely,” Muri said.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2020

Not only does she need more specialized support than many students, but her vision challenges and other impairments can make online learning difficult. Advocates, educators and parents say that kids with disabilities are particularly vulnerable as schools shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus and turn to remote learning.

Online Learning 144

Online Learning Report Chromebook Laptops 144

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Instead of huddling with my students, smiling and giving fist bumps, I sat in my corner of the room, providing feedback on their Google Docs from behind my laptop. Online learning platforms varied by teacher and class. During one social studies class, I was off in my corner with my laptop when a student approached me.

Classroom 142

Classroom Laptops Google iPad 142

The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 4, 2012

In my district I have been involved with a big push to get kids learning about social media and their digital selves as early as possible. We worked the parents to help them understand the same and to help them see that social media and online learning can be beneficial for even kids that young.

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Social Media Tablets iPad Policies 154

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2020

Elementary and secondary schools provide for many students’ basic needs, which may not be met when those institutions close. Students may earn worse grades as a result of courses shifting online, either because they don’t take to the format, Mazer says, or because they don’t have access to required technology like laptops, Goldrick-Rab adds.

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Outcomes Secondary Laptops Elementary 124

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Stacy Stewart, principal of Belmont-Cragin Elementary School, credits personalized learning for helping to improve student engagement. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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Personalized Learning Education Learning Elementary 145

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Nearly 5,800 students attend classes at one of the district’s eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and high school. When the district’s schools were forced to transition to online learning in March 2020, access to devices was paramount. All the schools worked together to pool available laptops and iPads.

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Accessibility Chromebook Laptops iPad 104

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

Making tough choices Later this year, the final round of federal pandemic funding, known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), will expire, leaving school budgets uncertain in many districts. Funds they have come to rely on for staffing and technology will end in September if not allotted.

EdTech 124

EdTech Assessment Policies Data 124

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In this episode, you hear my older sister Luisa’s story, from her early difficulties in school, to my family’s struggle to ensure that she received proper assistance for her learning disabilities, to the moment in March when Covid-19 forced everything to change. Episode 2: “No laptop and no internet” Titilayo Aluko.

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Report Laptops Online Learning System 94

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

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Broadband Survey Digital Divide Accessibility 130

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

But as the news about the virus became increasingly grim, Rand was told to begin preparing for distance learning. She started searching for lessons provided by the online learning program Edgenuity that she could adapt for her high school students. She started the year teaching second grade at a nearby elementary school.

Report 116

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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.

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Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2021

It’s the same Monday to Friday routine: Get up, change clothes, have breakfast, and turn on the laptops. Did you turn on your laptops? He turns on his laptop and waits anxiously for his classmates to say, “Good morning.” Each boy likes to eat something different for breakfast. De La Torre shouts from the kitchen.

Laptops 133

Laptops Blackboard Study Report 133

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. Jenna Gros, head custodian at Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, stops to tie a student’s shoe. MORGAN CITY, La.

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Elementary Report Training Classroom 97

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2024

Credit: Getty Images Studies show that students of all ages, from elementary school to college, tend to absorb more when they’re reading on paper rather than screens. One brain study, published in May 2024, detected different electrical activity in the brain after students had read a passage on paper, compared with screens.

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Exercises Study Laptops Report 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

At home I don’t have the motivation to get out of bed, open a laptop, and start working.”. Midway into that year his math grade hit single digits. “I I started lying a lot to my parents about doing assignments,” he said. “At

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Exercises Report Assessment Groups 137

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.

Learning 145

Learning Advocacy Report Google 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

Although Khan Academy was one of the first online learning organizations to promote the idea that kids could learn at home at their own pace, Khan denied the suggestion that working with traditional schools was a significant change in direction, instead calling it “a natural evolution of our work.”. (The

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Khan Academy Classroom Training Software 140

MindShift

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Her school gave her a laptop, but “hotel Wi-Fi is the worst,” she says. April told lawmakers the poor Wi-Fi at her hotel discouraged her kids from participating in online learning. million school-aged children — the shuttering of classrooms and cafeterias has been disastrous. Rachel, you’re not moving.'”

Online Learning 46

Online Learning Learning Tablets Laptops 46

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Asiyah Jones, 6, works on her laptop at her home in Philadelphia. Despite the drawbacks, parents are still seeking online learning While advocates fight for more oversight of cyber charters, some families in Philadelphia say they’re not happy with their traditional neighborhood schools and don’t have time to wait for the district to improve.

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Advocacy Laptops Online Learning Report 100

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The KIPP TEAM Academy, in Newark, New Jersey, hosted a socially distanced distribution day where students received traditional school supplies along with tech to support online learning. This event allowed students to safely see some of their teachers in person before the start of the school year online,” she said in an email.

Libraries 143

Libraries Report Guidelines Video 143

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Because all Success Academy students have school-issued laptops or tablets, that means all parents are equipped to attend remote meetings, which the charter operator plans to continue indefinitely. “I I wouldn’t want to go back to a world where we didn’t prioritize parental convenience,” says Dr.

Learning 145

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

One recent spring afternoon, about a dozen Northern Cass students working on laptops made themselves comfortable in a large classroom with mobile furniture, beanbag pillows and a plush blue couch. Prepackaged lessons from an online curriculum provider comprised about 80 percent of students’ work in the first year.

Report 111

Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

“It just made think my children had another option to learn at home without that hostile environment.” Hidalgo’s son, meanwhile, struggled to complete virtual class assignments without a cell phone or laptop. Olga Hidalgo, home-schooler.

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Facebook Groups Data Survey 142

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Half were run by teachers and half learned through an online course made by Edgenuity, one of the leading providers of online credit recovery courses. Edgenuity has since been acquired by Imagine Learning.) The online students sat together but learned at their own pace on laptops, with a teacher in the classroom.

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Course Software Instructional Materials Blended Learning 105

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student. The rest of the students were focused intently on their laptops. But that doesn’t mean it’s actually creating the learning experience that we’re going for.”. Shhhhhhhh.”.

Personalized Learning 106

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 106

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. Part of function of library will be to become an online learning center. District #3 : Next Generation Digital Classroom - moving away from laptops and desktops. Imagine sharing student presentations to the world!)

MOOC 75

MOOC Khan Academy BYOD Libraries 75

edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2021

According to the district’s superintendent, Dr. Mark Benigni, their cloud-based solutions, including ClassLink, supports students spending additional time online learning. Doersch serves as a Technology Director for the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Program at Digital Promise.

Learning 57

Learning Blended Learning BYOD Professional Learning 57

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Terri, who teaches sixth grade at Old River Elementary School, also observes that Classroom can strengthen ties and improve communication. The Classroom mobile apps have also become essential for our faculty and students, we use them to stay connected even when we’re not in front of a laptop,” Cubells said. Giving Teachers Superpowers.

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Google Education Chromebook Elementary 40