The pandemic brought a lot of awareness to the digital divide, the inequities between those who have access to the internet and the technology to use it and those who do not. When schools and ...

EDsmart compiled a list of ways schools and students are bridging the digital divide based on data analysis from several sources, including Educause and Pew Research. - Canva EDsmart compiled a list ...

The digital divide is a major issue in the modern world. It impacts billions of lives. So, what are we doing to address this divide? This divide or gap exists because of rapidly advancing technology, ...

The U.S. Department of Education’s plan focuses on ways K–12 stakeholders can use ed tech to improve students’ access to educational opportunities through learning experiences. Rebecca Torchia is a ...

The digital divide has long been a simmering problem facing millions of students that took a global pandemic to bring to a boil. At the time, nearly 16 million students in the United States lacked ...

The “digital divide” in American society is getting worse, not better, and it is perpetuated in part by a technology gap between elite and minority-serving colleges, says Larry Irving, a technology ...

A new article details innovative solutions to help bridge the persistent digital divide in the United States. The article, ...

With Internet connectivity now viewed as a public necessity for telework and education, universities across the U.S. are partnering with local governments and community organizations on initiatives to ...

Champaign County libraries are providing a technology trainer at their branches, and workers there are pointing to a need locally for internet access and digital literacy. The “digital divide” — the ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. Over the past few years, schools and policymakers were focused on ...

In February, 2024, the FCC announced that the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which has provided affordable internet services to households that could otherwise not afford them, will wind down ...

I used to think information technology would change everything. Like many back in the late 1990s, I was convinced the Internet and the growing use of computers could play a major role in leveling the ...