Advocacy Broadband Chromebook Online Learning 
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 23, 2020
His schools have been scrambling to set up online learning, connect students with virtual counseling and get laptops into the hands of families — steps McKneely says will be invaluable if another hurricane disrupts education. “We We don’t have a distance learning plan that is operating on all cylinders,” he said in April.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 22, 2020
Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. of the Aurora Institute, formerly known as iNACOL, an advocacy organization promoting competency-based education.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 27, 2020
Honani’s son worked on their family computer for one or two hours a day when his school rolled out distance learning in late March, completing classwork. Hopi Junior Senior High School handed out Chromebooks and hotspots for students who needed them, but that hardly constituted a cure-all. Her family is lucky to have a computer.
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