Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

of California’s Public Contract Code only addressed online learning in the context of surplus technology and nonprofit computer labs. 1560 , and proposed adding sections designed “to close the digital divide in California.” For instance, prior to COVID-19, Section 12100.8

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Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 148

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

The suburban Seattle school is part of the Northshore School District, which closed earlier in March and has since paused its online learning program. (AP For others, it’s an even bigger catastrophe: they may not be able to afford proper meals for their children, much less the technology and connectivity needed for online learning.

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Common Core Digital Divide Online Learning Groups 138

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

BYOD deepens the digital divide. Even when schools provide for these students — like making them beneficiaries of a BYOD funding program, or letting them check out a device from the school’s library — the digital divide doesn’t disappear completely. Top 10 BYOD concerns: 1.

BYOD 150

BYOD How To Digital Divide Mobility 150

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Pandemic-era lockdowns put an unmistakable spotlight on digital equity — particularly for K-12 students. But nowhere is the digital divide larger than in the Black rural South.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Accessibility 91

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2019

Rolfes’s group is part of a Nebraska initiative to wirelessly extend school broadband into rural communities where more than a third of the students have no broadband access at home, according to a state study. “The We are heartbroken,” said Tom Rolfes, education IT manager for the Nebraska Information Technology Commission.

Broadband 92

Broadband Education Policies Digital Divide 92

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Tagged on: July 13, 2017 Symposium Reports | EdTech Efficacy Research Academic Symposium → The Symposium Working Groups’ final reports summarize these findings and their implications for the role of efficacy research in the development, adoption, and implementation of edtech moving forward. Tagged on: July 9, 2017. Powered by Pinboard.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

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.

Learning 70

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 70

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

These types of arrangements require effective partnering with unions and community groups, in order to identify solutions and reach agreements while dealing with budget shortfalls. There should also be outreach to new partners such as libraries and local city councils in an effort to obtain resources and other support.

EdTech 97

EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 97

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Like much of rural America, Garfield County is on the wrong side of the “homework gap” — a stubborn disparity in at-home broadband that hinders millions of students’ access to the array of online learning, collaboration and research tools that are enjoyed by their better-connected peers.

Broadband 83

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 83

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

A meta-analysis of 39 studies of children’s picture books finds that children score better on comprehension tests after reading a paper book than after reading a digital book. Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic. Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report.

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Analysis Study Smartphone Report 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “Influential conservative group: Trump, DeVos should dismantle Education Department and bring God into classrooms.” ” The group in question: the Council for National Policy. Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.”

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. Elsewhere in for-profit higher ed: “ Veterans Groups Seek a Crackdown on Deceptive Colleges,” The New York Times reports. ” Go Ducks.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52