The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2023

The change would, of course, be biggest for the nearly 700,000 incarcerated adults who will gain access to federal funds this July through the expansion of the Second Chance Pell program , in terms of lower rates of recidivism and increased hope. However, thoughtful support will mean nothing if we don’t increase access to programs.

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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. They said these are the only students that have access to the internet from their homes,” Muri said. “So,

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

K-12 students lacked access to a working device, reliable high-speed internet or both. 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.

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Digital Divide Broadband Report Accessibility 218

EdTech Magazine

JULY 7, 2020

Congress Joint Economic Committee reported that nearly 12 million children lived in homes without a broadband connection, but the problem made few headlines. The study found that 1 in 4 low-income teens lacked access to a home computer. Back in 2017, the U.S. Still, the alarm bells didn’t sound.

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Digital Divide Broadband Online Learning Accessibility 195

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

. — The floor-to-ceiling glass wall between the high-tech fabrication lab and the hallway at Monticello High School in Albemarle County, Virginia, is meant to showcase the hands-on, self-directed learning done there. “I They’re building their own countywide broadband network. This is an equity issue,” said Bredder. “If

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

After all, about 70 percent of online students work , while in the wider college population, only about 40 percent are employed. Many depend on accessing course resources and lessons seamlessly from online textbooks or other digital resources. Others find it enriching to participate in online chat and polling.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2020

We educators understand online learning, probably have taken classes this way, but we haven’t yet wrapped our brains around how to make it work in OUR classes. In fact, the biggest question I get from teachers in my online classes and on my blog is: “How do I do it?” Pedagogies for distance learning.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

Congress Joint Economic Committee reported that nearly 12 million children lived in homes without a broadband connection, but the problem made few headlines. The study found that 1 in 4 low-income teens lacked access to a home computer. Back in 2017, the U.S. Still, the alarm bells didn’t sound.

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Digital Divide Broadband Online Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

Congress Joint Economic Committee reported that nearly 12 million children lived in homes without a broadband connection, but the problem made few headlines. The study found that 1 in 4 low-income teens lacked access to a home computer. Back in 2017, the U.S. Still, the alarm bells didn’t sound.

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Digital Divide Broadband Online Learning Accessibility 150

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

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. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning. “I

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2021

Here are some suggestions to help you with that issue (from the Ask a Tech Teacher team): How Parents Can Protect Their Kid’s Privacy and Safety Online? Many people witnessed the change in technology from dial-up modems to broadband. Here are a few methods and techniques to protect your child’s privacy and keep them safe online.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

They just weren’t ready for distance learning, and a big part of that was that too many students lacked adequate WiFi access to get to virtual class. Then, there are states that lacked laws prior to 2020, but began responding to the at-home learning requirement with new legislation for future needs. Cases like 2020’s Cayla J.

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Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 146

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Issues around broadband affordability disproportionately affect low-income, Black, and Latinx communities.

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Digital Divide Broadband Report Trends 105

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. million broadband connections, according to the FCC. Subscribe today! The homework gap could worsen for millions of U.S.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

She is the current Digital Access Coordinator for the Learning Technology Center of Illinois (LTC) and an Illinois State E-rate Coordinator. She has worked in educational technology for nearly two decades, empowering educators to integrate digital learning in the classroom. What does blended learning look like?

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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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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. Here are the things we have learned are actually the most important. First of all, children cannot learn without access to adequate food. Access to technology, we have learned, is also critical.

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Broadband Education Tablets Accessibility 218

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Any place that a kid lives in this country, any place that a family is in this country needs to have high-speed access.”.

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Broadband Survey Digital Divide Accessibility 118

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2018

A federal report on students’ home access to digital learning resources is months late, and ed-tech groups say the delay is impeding efforts to close the homework gap. ” Next page: Why low-income students could be even more at risk for losing internet access. .” “This is critical.”

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 22, 2019

New Jersey school districts have made tremendous progress in closing the connectivity gap over the past four years, but over 10,000 students still need more bandwidth for digital learning. Read on to learn more. . This post was originally published on NJSBA’s School Board Notes.

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SETDA Says

OCTOBER 2, 2020

SETDA and CoSN commend the FCC for acting this week to help rural telecommunications providers offer affordable broadband to qualified students. The agency’s decision to revise tariffs for rural providers is a helpful action at this historic moment when far too many rural students lack access to online learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2023

From the earliest stages, as Pre-K parents search for activities and resources to nurture their child's growth, to K-12 schools adopting technology to improve student outcomes and operational efficiencies, the impact of modern learning tools is undeniable. Meanwhile, a trend that began in the 1990s was picking up steam — one-to-one computing.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 24, 2022

In our work to close the broadband affordability gap for the 18 million U.S. households that have access to the internet but cannot afford to connect , partnerships are critical to removing the barriers that keep under-resourced households offline. Learn more. Raising Awareness of the Affordable Connectivity Program.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Online Learning 52

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? Hints of a remote learning legacy are emerging. Learning from Lockdown. Eva Moskowitz, Success Academy. “We

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

As such, states can expect to support a great variety of approaches to educational technology in their districts under the program, from those that spend some smaller portion of funds on activities to fill in the gaps in local efforts to those that devote the maximum allowable funds to ambitious personalized learning implementations.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2019

In Albemarle County, Virginia, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, radio towers rise above an apple orchard on Carters Mountain, outside Charlottesville. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Broadband Education Policies Digital Divide 95

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 113

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2017

Challenges surrounding technology access remain significant obstacles today, and states often struggle to help students find internet connectivity outside of school. The funding also will be used to purchase wireless hotspots, data cards, and other mobile broadband devices that students will be able to check out for use at home.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

As the coronavirus closes schools, online platforms are proving to be invaluable, allowing instruction to continue and alleviating the severity of students’ learning loss. More recent studies show that the summer is a pivotal period for student learning. But, for all kids, summer learning loss is a setback.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

The Consortium for School Networking, or CoSN, issued a plan of action this week that aims to prod district leaders to at least gather data on personal student broadband access. Hansen said the stakes are high for getting families access as well, since student feedback and parent-teacher engagement are increasingly delivered online.

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Accessibility E-rate Broadband Blended Learning 40

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. All their work is on that computer,” said Caine, “and they need that access.”. That’s why district leaders are eager to pilot an ambitious, statewide broadband initiative.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 85

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 73

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

Fourteen percent of households with school-age children do not have internet access, most of which earn less than $50,000 a year. And research indicates that students from low-income backgrounds could fall further behind their peers if learning stops too long and the country sinks into recession. PT / 2 p.m.

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Technology Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility 216

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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Broadband Learning Course Accessibility 115

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2015

New program would help low-income households connect to internet access and devices. ConnectHome will link 270,000 households, and 200,000 children, with broadband access in 28 communities including the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma. ” Next page: More about internet access and connectivity statistics. .

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Accessibility Broadband Training Report 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2020

Just as there’s a difference between a well-planned online course and one put together in a hurry, there’s a difference between a student who intends to take an online course and one who expects to learn in a real-world classroom. There’s also the problem of reliable internet access.

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Broadband Education Course Report 143

Education Superhighway

JULY 17, 2019

Having a reliable network that supports your learning goals must be balanced with the cost to build and maintain that network. Monthly broadband fees. Over the last five years, the cost of school broadband has decreased by 85%. Reports from your WAN and Internet Access service providers. Equipment closet accessories.

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Broadband E-rate Tools Company 70