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Edsurge
JULY 13, 2020
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. That’s been a goal at my institution. billion Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF).
Edsurge
MAY 1, 2023
Brigitta Witt Vice President of Social Impact and Sustainability at T-Mobile One of the most rewarding educator experiences is witnessing students become agents of change and positively impacting their communities with their own creativity, grit and innovation. EdSurge: How did T-Mobile's Changemaker Challenge get started?
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EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Q&A: Kim Buryanek on Bringing Digital Equity into Classrooms. Thu, 11/07/2019 - 15:06. School districts can’t just invest in laptops, mobile devices and other hardware, then call it a day. EDTECH: What challenges related to digital equity are you facing in your district? It’s a digital divide too.
Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Prior to the pandemic, students participating in College Connect gathered at a local school after school to access applications and resources while receiving support from staff, including the superintendent. The district invested in mobile hotspot vehicles that are deployed daily across eight areas of town.
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Q&A: Tracy Smith on the Value of a Team Approach to Digital Equity. Mon, 11/11/2019 - 12:34. Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, like many of the nation’s public school systems, is seeing increases in student poverty rates and English language proficiency — trends that could make any existing digital divides worse.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 10, 2020
The biggest danger that higher education faces as a sector, though, is the loss of gains that we have made over the past 20 years in access to a college education — with all of the accompanying benefits to individuals and our entire society — for first-generation and minority students.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
After all, in October 2019 the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway declared that nearly 99 percent of U.S. On the home front, three organizations have released a “guidebook” to help schools and states close the internet access and device gap. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. That Broadband Gap Bar? Podcasts, anyone?
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