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

The Hechinger Report

Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

“If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.”. You take a personal interest,” says Keith. “It Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

. “If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.” You take a personal interest,” says Keith. ” Ending Social Promotion. "You’re

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Education's Online Futures

Hack Education

In another story from Indiana’s voucher program this summer, Chalkbeat found that “$16 million went to schools with anti-LGBT policies.” Meanwhile, the state has cleared the company to become a dropout recovery school. broadband privacy rules.” This is the part where someone always cites Arthur C.

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