Homework Gap

Homework Gap

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Do You Know Which Websites Your Students Access?

Is your school or school district budget being spent wisely? You’ve paid for students to have a 1:1 take-home device and you’ve paid for the necessary online tools your... Read More

Homework Gap

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How Internet Access Can Help Your ELL Students

According to Education Week, there are an estimated five million English-language learners in America’s public school system. And when it comes to the K-12 student... Read More

Homework Gap

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It's 2019: Is the Homework Gap Gone?

The Homework Gap.The Digital Divide.Whichever term you use, they both point to the same problem: students without Internet at home face additional barriers to completing... Read More

Homework Gap

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Rural Districts Face Down the Homework Gap

There’s good news for rural school districts. According to the education nonprofit organization EducationSuperHighway, 96 percent of public schools in the U.S. (an estimated... Read More

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Canada’s Digital Divide: How Wide is it and Can it be Solved?

Educational technology—how we use it now, how we’ll use it in the future—is of paramount importance to any discussion of education. Teachers, students, administrators, and... Read More

Homework Gap

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$38 Million Available for Arizona Schools to Replace Buses

It was recently announced that the state of Arizona is using $38 million of the $57 million they received from the Volkswagen (VW) settlement to repower or replace old school... Read More

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2018 Kajeet Homework Gap Grant Winners

Kajeet is proud to announce the winners of the second annual Homework Gap Grant. Each applicant offered an inspiring story about how Kajeet can help their students succeed... Read More

Homework Gap

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Announcing the 2018 Kajeet Homework Gap Grant!

Kajeet has officially opened our 2018 Homework Gap Grant! In 2018, Kajeet will be awarding 15 Homework Gap Grants to school districts in need of providing safe, filtered... Read More

Homework Gap

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How to Close the Homework Gap. Together.

In recent years, there have been amazing strides to close the Homework Gap that exists between school-age students who have broadband Internet access and those who do not.... Read More

Homework Gap

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5 Must-See Ed Tech ISTE Sessions

It’s June, and for thousands of educators that means the end of school, but it also signals another year of International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)! This... Read More

Homework Gap

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California: Closing the Homework Gap with LCFF

Student success and academic achievement are the goals for any state public education system. As California districts prepare and update their Local Control and... Read More

Homework Gap

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Connecting Rural Students

In rural America, 39 percent of households do not have access to high-speed Internet, which equates to 23 million people, according to the FCC 2016 Broadband Progress Report.... Read More

Homework Gap

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Closing the Homework Gap Shouldn’t be Scary

While 98 percent of U.S. kids live in a household that has some form of a mobile device, the Homework Gap is still scarily present in schools across the nation. Read More

Homework Gap

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Wisconsin Information Technology Infrastructure Grants

The State of Wisconsin approved funds to expand broadband Internet for students outside the classroom through the Information Technology Infrastructure Grant. The funding... Read More

Homework Gap

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Internet Access Makes College Applications Easier for All

Think of everything that goes into a college application. Transcripts. Personal essays. Teacher recommendations. Standardized test scores. Application fees. In the past,... Read More

Homework Gap

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The First-Ever Kajeet Homework Gap Grant Winners

The Kajeet team was wowed by the staggering number of submissions we received that portray a very visible Homework Gap occurring across the country. With so many compelling... Read More

Homework Gap

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New Grant to Help Schools Close the Homework Gap

The Homework Gap Grant is now closed. Thank you to all those that submitted applications. We are currently reviewing entries and will notify winners by August 31, 2017. The... Read More

Homework Gap

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Addressing the Advanced Placement Equity Gap

Advanced Placement (AP) courses provide high school students a more challenging environment and an opportunity to take on college-level work, with the potential to earn... Read More

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Closing the Homework Gap in North Carolina

Five million households with school-age children do not have broadband access. This Pew Research Center statistic is frequently discussed in the education world and is... Read More

Homework Gap

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WEMTA Conference: "Access for All"

Hello, Wisconsin! The Wisconsin Educational Media & Technology Association (WEMTA) is hosting their annual conference March 19th - 21st at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin... Read More

Homework Gap

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What Makes Kajeet “More than Just Internet”

More than just Internet. Read More

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[INFOGRAPHIC] How to Improve Student Performance

When a student succeeds in school, success for one student may look differently than success for another. Making an ‘A’ on a history test, passing Chemistry class, being... Read More

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Internet Broadband Expansion for Minnesota Students

The state of Minnesota is taking a big leap forward to help close the Homework Gap in their state. Paving the way for other states to follow their lead, the North Star State... Read More

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New Dashboards Provide Visibility into Broadband Usage at Home

As districts work to close the Homework Gap, each district has its own strategy based on free-and-reduced-cost lunch numbers, geographic size and culture. For districts that... Read More

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Modernizing Lifeline: Validating the Homework Gap

As more districts adopt 1:1 programs and digital policies, many students will be left without Internet access at home. (Photo: Colorstock) Last week, the FCC voted to update... Read More

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Digital Equity: Assessing the Need in Your School

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Providing Free Wireless Hotspots Helps this District Close the Equity Gap

Originally posted in eschoolnews. By Robert Dillon, Affton School District The achievement gap. The literacy gap. The nutrition gap. The preschool gap. It seems like our... Read More

Homework Gap

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How Many of Your Students Lack Home Internet Access?

On average, 30 percent of students nationwide lack home Internet access, and in some districts, that number is as high as 80 percent. Do you know what your numbers are?... Read More

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Help Your Students Avoid the "Summer Slide"

Evidence shows that students can lose up to two months of math and reading progress during the “Summer Slide” and if the student is from a low-income household, the potential... Read More

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Use It - Don't Lose It!

Year-End Funds Can Be Used to Pilot Kajeet SmartSpot® Program With most school district’s fiscal year-end coming up on June 30th, there is still a window of opportunity left... Read More

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As Standardized Testing Moves Online, Access to Technology is Crucial

With standardized testing moving away from the fill-in-the-bubble tests of old to new, computerized testing for students, what impact will this have on... Read More

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Access to Technology Fuels Passion for Learning

Today's teachers know that integrating technology into the classroom helps to engage and motivate students to learn. But what about after school? An average of 30% of U.S.... Read More

Federal Guidance on Digital Equity

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The Battle Cry for Educational Equity

Earlier this month, the U.S. Secretary of Education put the full weight of Washington on the trail of states, schools, and districts that are not providing adequate... Read More

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Addressing Educational Equity in Digital Age

CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) and the National Title I Association (NASTID) released a new toolkit to strengthen the critical relationship between District Title I... Read More