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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

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After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. OAKLAND, Calif.

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OPINION: Here’s why chronically underfunded HBCUs are needed now more than ever

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Second, we’ve taken ownership of the digital divide at the institutional level. We also understand that the digital divide isn’t just about access, but also know-how. Related: Recent racial incidents involving police are enraging students at our HBCU, and for their sake we need to open as soon as we possibly can.

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Homework in a McDonald’s parking lot: Inside one mother’s fight to help her kids get an education during coronavirus

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Greenville schools have some of the highest school dropout rates in the state, and Johnson also viewed staying at home as necessary to defend her children’s chances of living an easier life. “I The digital divide. I do what I can, whenever I can, for my children,” she said. We don’t mumble or complain,” she said.

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Students have their own demands for school reopening

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The organizations collaborated to articulate 10 principles for reopening that include listening to students, closing the digital divide, addressing basic needs, moving away from one-size-fits-all instruction and evaluation and creating an inclusive curriculum. Credit: Sophie Bograd.

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Can a school save a neighborhood?

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Related: Can high-poverty urban districts like Philadelphia close the digital divide? The new Vaux welcomed its first class of 126 ninth-graders in September; it plans to serve 504 students by 2020. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

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