digital access Archives

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

Bridging the digital divide to empower the youngest learners

June 19, 2025 by Dr. Melanie Johnson, Collaborative for Children

In Greater Houston, where nearly half of children start kindergarten unprepared, Collaborative for Children is taking bold steps to close the digital divide, beginning with our youngest learners.

AI in Education

Easy to find, not always true: Helping students evaluate AI-generated content

May 9, 2025 by Steven M. Baule, Ed.D., Ph.D.

Students need guidance as they navigate the information landscape, including AI tools that aren't always accurate or vetted.

The digital tide has swept in new tools, habits, and expectations. Today’s students rarely line up at the reference desk. Instead, they consult their phones, generative AI bots,…

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

Only 27 percent of states plan to sustain K-12 digital access as federal programs end

February 19, 2025 by ESchool News Staff

SETDA's digital access report outlines strategies to prevent millions of students from losing internet access and further falling behind.

Only 27 percent of states have plans to sustain K-12 digital access as key federal programs expire, according to a new report from SETDA, the principal association representing…

Newsline

T-Mobile Enhances Project 10Million Program and Announces New Partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs to Boost Digital Access for Even More Students

October 11, 2024 by ESchool News Staff

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Since 2020, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS)’s $10.7 billion Project 10Million (P10M) initiative has delivered reliable and affordable internet service to more ... Read more

Live @ CoSN2024

Admins need PD too— Insights on CoSN’s CTO Academy

April 8, 2024April 5, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

What does it take to run the tech for a school district in 2024? A lot more than resetting the ... Read more

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

2024 National Education Technology Plan targets the digital divide

February 8, 2024 by Laura Ascione

NETP frames three key digital divide areas limiting the transformational potential of edtech in teaching and learning.

The latest iteration of the U.S. Department of Education's National Educational Technology Plan (NETP) takes aim at several obstacles limiting edtech's ability to transform teaching and learning.

Student Data Security

How to maintain secure access and data privacy

December 5, 2022November 10, 2022 by Laura Ascione

The risk of cyberattacks and weakened data privacy has greatly increased due to expanded remote and hybrid learning.

Cybersecurity is a priority concern for most people accessing the internet. Unfortunately, students aren’t thinking about cyberattacks when they access sites for curriculum, research, and entertainment from their…

Newsline

Digital On-Demand Class Sets for Required Curriculum Books Now Available in Sora Student Reading App

August 29, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

CLEVELAND – To help educators provide students with the books they need as efficiently as possible, OverDrive Education announced the ... Read more

Newsline

U.S. Department of Education Taps FileBank to Deliver Ed Tech Services

August 30, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

OAKLAND, N.J., Aug. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — New Jersey-based enterprise management company, FileBank today announced a new partnership with the U.S. Department of ... Read more

Newsline

Delaware Ensures Every Student Has Digital Access to Curriculum and Choice Reading Titles

July 22, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

CLEVELAND – June 29, 2021 – With schools facing the challenge of unfinished learning due to the pandemic, one state ... Read more

Ancillary

Free Access to Social Studies and Science Curriculum

March 31, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Educational publisher TCI is offering free digital access to its platform for learning social studies and science to qualified schools ... Read more

Curriculum

School system makes world languages available to military and ELL families through digital access program

November 16, 2016 by Abi Mandelbaum

Tennessee’s Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) is on a mission to bring language learning resources to its diverse community and student body of more than 33,500. As CMCSS…

District Management

How school leaders can erase the digital divide

October 21, 2013October 21, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

The digital divide is mentioned almost daily in ed-tech discussions: It prevents all students from receiving a technology-rich education that can help them compete on a global scale,…

Bridging the digital divide to empower the youngest learners

Easy to find, not always true: Helping students evaluate AI-generated content

Only 27 percent of states plan to sustain K-12 digital access as federal programs end

T-Mobile Enhances Project 10Million Program and Announces New Partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs to Boost Digital Access for Even More Students

Admins need PD too— Insights on CoSN’s CTO Academy

2024 National Education Technology Plan targets the digital divide

How to maintain secure access and data privacy

Digital On-Demand Class Sets for Required Curriculum Books Now Available in Sora Student Reading App

Delaware Ensures Every Student Has Digital Access to Curriculum and Choice Reading Titles

School system makes world languages available to military and ELL families through digital access program

How school leaders can erase the digital divide

North Carolina District Wins ISTE 2025 Distinguished Award for AI Leadership and Parent Engagement Innovation

10 (and counting…) Google goodies for your classroom

ISTE Takeaways—What It Takes To Win the Impact Award

Look Who’s Talking—Bringing STEM Up To Speed

5 strategies to get your students talking

With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

First AI-Powered Special Education Management Platform Helps Districts Reach 100% IEP Compliance

Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Outperformed Their Peers On the Smarter Balanced English Language Arts/Literacy Assessment

Otus Awarded Practitioner-Informed Design Product Certification from Digital Promise

Counslr Launches in Texas to Increase Access to Mental Health Support for Staff and Students

Ignite Reading Again Approved as 1:1 High-Dosage Early Literacy Tutoring Provider in Massachusetts

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