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Partnering with Housing Authority to Increase Universal Wi-Fi Access
To improve internet access during remote learning, Austin ISD partnered with the local housing authority to identify locations where students were under connected. Buses equipped with hotspots were then parked in strategic locations across the city...
Strategies
Single Sign-On for Multiple Digital Learning Platforms
To help support families with students in multiple grade levels living in one household, the district used ClassLink to provide families with one URL to access all programs.
Strategies
Multiple Access Points for Tech Support
To effectively support remote teaching and learning, Mendon-Upton Regional School District launched several different systems to support students, teachers, and families with technology.
Strategies
Family STEAM Nights
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District provided materials and held Family STEAM Nights to engage families over Zoom during the pandemic.
Artifacts
Addressing Digital Equity in Austin ISD
Dr. Suzanne Newell, Director of Academics at Austin Independent School District, shares the steps that the district has taken to address digital equity and how it affects students – ranging from the use of one-to-one devices and community Wi-Fi...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Reflecting on Hops, Skips, and Leaps at Taos Academy Charter
In this Insight, Elizabeth LeBlanc shares some of the hops, skips, and leaps Taos Academy Charter has made during the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate effective teaching and learning – and examines what they'll take forward with them.
Guides
Digital Equity: Getting Started
Across the country, schools and systems find themselves in very different places when it comes to digital equity. Some may be looking at the devices and platforms implemented during the pandemic and now wonder, “What’s next?” Others might be seeing...
Guides
Digital Equity: Digital Equity in the Classroom
In our urgency to remove barriers to digital equity, conversations often start with the “boxes and wires” of technology itself. However, even if every student (and their family) gains equitable access to powerful devices and high-speed internet,...
Guides
Digital Equity: Essential Conditions to Support Digital Equity
The concept of digital equity is nuanced and complex. Beyond ensuring powerful access and meaningful use, it also incorporates the surrounding ecosystem. To fully realize the promise of the learning opportunities presented in the previous section,...
Guides
Digital Equity: Taking It Forward
This guide exists as a starting point to help school and system leaders have meaningful, actionable, and iterative conversations around digital equity and to develop concrete plans of action. Now that you have explored the content and begun to work...
Strategies
Homework Hotlines
Students can call a hotline or join a virtual room staffed by educators to receive help with homework or coursework when their teacher is not available.
