Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. When schools ...

In less than a year of remote schooling, our students fell six months behind where they should be. For students of color and those in low-income households, the deficit is even greater. Much of the ...

5 strategies to tackle the homework gap Laura Ascione November 5, 2019 The homework gap is a troubling barrier to digital equity, but some school districts are leaders in addressing the dilemma Share ...

The Federal Communications Commission passed a landmark resolution last week making low-income families eligible for a new federal subsidy for high-speed internet access. One of the commissioners ...

Anyone concerned about the digital divide and the risk of our most vulnerable students falling further behind amid the pandemic should applaud Jessica Rosenworcel’s efforts as the acting commissioner ...

A coalition of 20 education advocacy groups are upset that the federal Institute of Education Sciences hasn’t produced a legally mandated report on students’ access to digital learning outside of ...

The Emergency Connectivity Fund received $7.17 billion in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan in April 2021 to enable school districts and libraries to provide internet access and connected ...

Living with the coronavirus is going to reveal hard truths about the digital divide. This is especially true for students, who are being told in record numbers to head online for education. It’s time ...

Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National AfterSchool Association (NAA) has received a $500,000 grant from Google to support the integration of technology into afterschool ...

It’s a problem that many educators have been grappling with for years, but one that has been exacerbated—and made more public—by COVID-19: Many students lack sufficient internet connections at home to ...

Despite a brighter spotlight on digital equity, gaps still remain, including the troubling and persistent homework gap–but a newly-relaunched digital equity toolkit aims to highlight the important ...