The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

But it could be that students who enjoy reading receive lots of books as presents or bring more books home from the library. While disadvantaged students are catching up in terms of access to digital resources, their access to cultural capital like paper books at home has diminished,” the OECD report noted.

Economics 145

Economics Digital Resources Library Cultures 145

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

Source: Library of Congress Juneteenth — June 19th, also known as Emancipation Day — is one of the commemorations of people seizing their freedom in the United States. Teaching Resources Watch Professor Greg Carr’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle conversation with high school teacher Jessica Rucker about Juneteenth and Reconstruction.

Teaching 111

Teaching American History Museum Library 111

Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

While a year teaching and learning with COVID-19 looming unveiled inequities that have always existed, what was learned can inform how the nation proceeds in transforming educational systems designed to understand and address the learner variability of each student.

Teaching 134

Teaching EdTech K-12 Professional Development 134

Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

But as more districts sign the #GoOpen initiative to replace a traditional textbook adoption with OERs, the challenge of combing through a world of content and finding the best resources that align to a district’s curriculum becomes more difficult. And how can OERs supplement the print and digital resources already purchased by the school?

K-12 83

K-12 Education Library Digital Resources 83

Digital Promise

MARCH 24, 2020

Organizations and coalitions including Learning Keeps Going , Tech for Learners , Google , and Digital Promise have also compiled lists of resources from various education organizations as well as available edtech products. Bridging The Digital Divide. And, how are the children? Just fine, we want to say.

K-12 132

K-12 EdTech Digital Resources Library 132

Leah Cleary

JULY 31, 2022

A lot of teachers are wanting to–or needing to–use resources from one of my curriculum sets digitally. I do create digital resources, but we all like versatility. So I’ve made my resources versatile. I’m going to show you how to use them digitally in 5 easy steps.

Library 52

Library Digital Resources Teaching Research 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

These programs can only work — and narrow, rather than widen, gaps — if all students have equitable access to digital resources. Youth from low-income homes often lack access to reliable technology and the internet at home.

Tutoring 85

Tutoring Educational Technology Digital Resources Library 85

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Pandemic-related hardships have propelled many students to choose jobs over education and online classes have been barriers for low-income students without digital resources. Other times, they’ve paid tuition in full, but owe money for overdue parking, library or housing fees.

Sociology 122

Sociology Research Advocacy Digital Resources 122

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

This disparity in home computer and internet access, dubbed the “homework gap,” was a slow-burning problem for most districts in the days when schools were in session and students could get online at libraries, after-school programs, coffee shops and other community gathering spots.

Elementary School 86

Elementary School Tutoring Public School Charter School 86

ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2023

Bir is working to add a feature that would let users upvote resources they found helpful, he adds. But all this raises the question: Isn’t that something libraries do? The project reflects work that libraries have been doing for a long time, says Steven Bell, an associate university librarian at Temple University.

Digital Resources 120

Digital Resources Library K-12 Middle School 120

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

Meanwhile, millions of American students trek to public libraries and fast-food restaurants to get online after school, or they go without — a problem known as the “homework gap.”. Instead, these schools and nonprofits lease their licenses to commercial internet providers for cash (and free accounts) in secret deals.

Library 99

Library Social Justice Digital Resources Middle School 99

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The group also created a free, digital curriculum called “Reading Like a Historian” that’s been downloaded more than three million times, according to Wineburg. “We In January, they plan to launch a massive online open course (aka a MOOC) called Making Sense of the News: News Literacy Lessons for Digital Citizens.

K-12 101

K-12 Primary Sources Civics Social Studies 101