The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

Related: Survey reveals stark rich-poor divide in how U.S. Overcoming the digital divide is just one of the many challenges Latino students — who make up 25 percent of all schoolchildren now and will be more than a third of that population by 2050 — are facing. children were taught remotely during the spring school closures .

Digital Divide 118

Digital Divide Education Advocacy Survey 118

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cleveland’s advocacy and perseverance extended beyond mental health services as she oversaw the district-wide launch of Hazel’s at-home physical health services, where students can meet with a medical provider virtually from the comfort of their own homes at no cost, regardless of insurance status.

Education 131

Education EdTech Elementary Classroom 131

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Related: How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students. In 2016, Polites, the state advocacy leader for nonprofit Media Literacy Now, began to contact her state legislators, advocating for an “information literacy” bill being proposed at the time.

Education 118

Education Digital Divide Classroom Advocacy 118

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

First, districts need to address the digital divide/homework gap in meaningful ways. Another aspect of the digital divide includes teachers. What’s needed to address the digital divide for all is sustainable, dedicated funding that allows districts to meet the needs of the community.

Education 53

Education System Digital Divide Policies 53

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Finally, they should build on the efforts to close digital divides during the pandemic to ensure that English learners can access and effectively use all the learning technologies they need to succeed at school. By and large, English learners aren’t thriving under distance learning.

Education 119

Education Digital Divide Learning Personalized Learning 119

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Related: The affordability gap is the biggest part of the digital divide. There’s plenty of data showing that student performance has been negatively impacted [by the pandemic],” said Phillip Lovell, associate executive director at the education advocacy nonprofit, All4Ed. The homework gap will grow worse.

Broadband 96

Broadband Libraries Education Accessibility 96

edWeb.net

JUNE 29, 2022

Like most rural communities, this created a significant digital divide when COVID-19 forced schools nationwide to close in March 2020. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

Strategy 77

Strategy BYOD Digital Divide Accessibility 77

edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

Reducing digital inequities is no easy feat, but it is one that the district approached strategically and creatively, along with a substantial desire to ensure all its students succeed in school. CCISD serves as a model for other nationwide communities seeking to narrow the digital divide.

Accessibility 78

Accessibility Chromebook Classroom LMS 78

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. In Occidental, California, Matthew Morgan, superintendent of the Harmony Union School District, said the pandemic has exposed a big digital divide and online learning was slow to roll out. “We

Digital Divide 105

Digital Divide Education Online Learning Chromebook 105

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And 85 percent of teachers support even greater use of digital learning in their schools, according to a recent survey by NewSchools Venture Fund and Gallup. There is still a digital divide in classrooms based on what technology is being used and how. EducationSuperHighway’s advocacy supported the district’s efforts perfectly.

Classroom 45

Classroom Digital Divide Laptops E-rate 45

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

Last week , Excel in Ed hosted Commissioner Morat h and Jennifer Esterline , founder and director of Educate Texas’ Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium , for a deep dive into about the state’s COVID-19 strategy and approach.? ? . Bridging the Digital Divide. Designing New School Models.

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide Laptops Assessment Education 28

eSchool News

JULY 12, 2015

The backbone of the project is a short pledge superintendents take confirming their commitment to enlightened digital learning and advocacy (about 2,000 superintendents have signed it so far). From that ISTE panel, here are several takeaways Future Ready-minded leaders should bear in mind.

Future Ready 40

Future Ready Digital Divide Advocacy Digital Learning 40

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

CoSN is a professional association and advocacy group for district technology leaders with a goal of “empowering educational leaders to leverage technology to create engaging learning environments and provide the tools essential for their success”. Organization: EveryoneOn. URL: www.everyoneon.org.

EdTech 100

EdTech Future Ready Education Advocacy 100

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

Broadband 40

Broadband Report Advocacy E-rate 40

NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

He discussed the digital divide with them. Resources: Advocacy co-chair Deb Kachel’s LibGuide curates many of PSLA’s advocacy resources, as well as the media stories. My principal, who was with us for most of the visit, kept shaking his head. He’d worked in that very school. This is an equity issue.

Resources 106

Resources Libraries Classroom Advocacy 106

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

Libraries 45

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

Libraries 50

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 50

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband OER 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband OER 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband OER 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband OER 48

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. Lisa was one of 100 Superintendents selected as #FutureReady by President Obama and Secretary Arne Duncan.

EdTech 93

EdTech Education Secondary Policies 93

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2022

Houston Public Library aggressively promotes its vast resources through strong advocacy, high visibility, exemplary customer service, strong partnerships, and broad reaching community engagement.

Libraries 45

Libraries Conference Digital Divide System 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 21, 2022

Houston Public Library aggressively promotes its vast resources through strong advocacy, high visibility, exemplary customer service, strong partnerships, and broad reaching community engagement.

Libraries 36

Libraries Conference Digital Divide System 36

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

She is a past board member and chair of CoSN and is Vice President of Advocacy and Programs for LACUE. is one of the nation’s leading experts in E-rate and is passionate in her work to close the digital divide. Cynthia Schultz, Esq.

E-rate 42

E-rate EdTech Broadband Education 42

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 12, 2022

Houston Public Library aggressively promotes its vast resources through strong advocacy, high visibility, exemplary customer service, strong partnerships, and broad reaching community engagement.

Libraries 65

Libraries Conference Education Accessibility 65

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2020

Just before this crisis began, Arizona was poised to spend millions more on boosting its thin roster of counselors, thanks in part to the advocacy of students like Kumar. The digital divide raised similar concerns: If no phone numbers work for a family, if emails remain unanswered, how can counselors gauge the welfare of a child?

Elementary 145

Elementary Education Survey Report 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 7, 2022

Houston Public Library aggressively promotes its vast resources through strong advocacy, high visibility, exemplary customer service, strong partnerships, and broad reaching community engagement.

Conference 61

Conference Libraries Education Accessibility 61

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

He likens these practices to taking away students’ encyclopedias, through which they find knowledge and begin to make choices that will lead to advocacy for others and for themselves. The digital divide will not be bridged simply by coding but “by young leaders who have been educated to transform their reality” says Amouzou.

Accessibility 86

Accessibility Elementary STEM Robotics 86

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Over the decades, however, local PTAs shifted their attention and efforts away from advocacy work to fundraising for individual schools. Related: A parent-led effort to close the digital divide. Credit: Dawn Larson. How do we honor — not vilify — what parents are trying to do at their school level?” García said. “My

Education 143

Education Elementary Groups Report 143

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2022

Houston Public Library aggressively promotes its vast resources through strong advocacy, high visibility, exemplary customer service, strong partnerships, and broad reaching community engagement.

Conference 36

Conference Libraries Digital Divide Accessibility 36

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. of the Aurora Institute, formerly known as iNACOL, an advocacy organization promoting competency-based education. Inequity looms large.

Learning 61

Learning Education Laptops Elementary 61

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. Chavous is a founding board member of the American Federation for Children , the school choice advocacy group formerly chaired by Betsy DeVos.”

Education 47

Education MOOC Coursera Pearson 47

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

Laptops 40

Laptops Classroom Digital Divide Elementary 40

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

The New York Times on “The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide.” . “Debut” is really not the right verb as it’s not actually released a product yet. Oh VR promises. Never change. Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech). .” public schools.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Adaptive Learning 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes – think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. In March, the FCC approved a $9.25

Education 40

Education Technology Facebook Policies 40