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Digital Divide

Digital education may be the future of education, but most American schools are far from ready. This Hechinger Report series examines a national effort to close the digital divide by connecting all American schools to high-speed Internet, and why so many schools still lag so far behind.

Posted inDigital Divide, Elementary to High School, Future of Learning, News

Getting kids online at home is key to closing the digital divide — and harder than you might think

by Rachel Monahan December 12, 2014March 30, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to approve a tax increase that will fund a $1.5 billion cap increase for E-Rate. (Photo credit: Nichole Dobo, The Hechinger Report)
Posted inDigital Divide, Elementary to High School, Future of Learning, News

FCC votes to increase E-rate funding for school technology

Avatar photo by Nichole Dobo December 12, 2014March 30, 2020
Posted inDigital Divide, Elementary to High School, Future of Learning, News

Technology skills only scratch the surface of the digital divide

by Jordan Shapiro November 19, 2014March 30, 2020
Babak Mostaghimi, pictured at Town Hall in Duncan. Mostaghimi works with residents of Duncan through a grassroots coalition organized in hopes of improving education and community health in the region. (Photo by Aubrey Edwards/Next City)
Posted inDigital Divide, Elementary to High School, Future of Learning, News

When schools can’t get online

Avatar photo by Nichole Dobo September 10, 2014March 30, 2020
Posted inDigital Divide, Elementary to High School, Future of Learning, News

What it actually takes for schools to ‘go digital’

by Margaret Ramirez August 28, 2014March 30, 2020
A student in Jennifer Harmsen’s seventh-grade social studies classroom at Hillsborough Middle School watches a video on his Chromebook about life in ancient Rome. (Photo: Meghan E. Murphy)
Posted inDigital Divide, Elementary to High School, Future of Learning, News

Are iPads or Chromebooks better for schools?

by Meghan E. Murphy August 5, 2014March 30, 2020
Kiara McPherson and Jeremiah Hilliard, two students at Em Boyd Elementary, work on a science project. Students say they prefer the iPads to the desktop computers that they used to use in class.
Posted inDigital Divide, Elementary to High School, Future of Learning, Mississippi, News, The South

In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven

Avatar photo by Jackie Mader July 13, 2014October 21, 2020
Fifth graders Aiyanah Tyler, Trinity Coker and Hakim Walker work with 13-inch Apple MacBooks from late 2009 running Mac OS 10.8.5 at James G Blaine K-8 school in Philadelphia Monday, June 2, 2014. (John Brecher / NBC News)
Posted inDigital Divide, Elementary to High School, Future of Learning, News

Can high-poverty urban districts like Philadelphia close the digital divide?

Avatar photo by Sarah Garland June 17, 2014March 30, 2020
Posted inCalifornia, Digital Divide, Elementary to High School, Future of Learning, News, The West

Shift to online testing drives California schools to close tech gap

by Pat Wingert June 12, 2014October 21, 2020
Posted inDigital Divide, Elementary to High School, Future of Learning, News

Technology offers special help in special ed

Avatar photo by Gail Robinson June 5, 2014March 30, 2020

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