Broadband Chromebook Digital Divide Online Learning 
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 25, 2021
As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We
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Edsurge
MARCH 26, 2020
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. But the term doesn’t just mean equipping students with the same devices and broadband access. We have seen some districts actually say, “Come check out a Chromebook.
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 The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2018
Caine oversees the school’s Chromebooks. And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons. According to an April 2018 Department of Education report, 18 percent of 5- to 17-year old students in “remote rural” districts have no broadband access at home.
MindShift
JULY 31, 2020
And during tumultuous times, the need for information, access to literacy, and digital access have become even greater. . For schools that closed and moved to online learning due to the coronavirus, digital access became a necessity overnight. Families can pick up a Chromebook and hot spot from the library.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 22, 2020
After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Inequity looms large.
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