6/2/2023 0 Comments The homework gap![]() ![]() Schools are Dealing with a Widening Homework Gap MORE FROM EDTECH: Find out how one-to-one computing programs are boosting digital equity for K–12 students. Sprint’s 1Million Project Foundation provided both access and devices - free smartphones, tablets and hotspots, in addition to three gigabytes of high-speed LTE data per month - to students with an economic need in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as Texas, California, and other areas as part of its initiative to provide the digital tools and connectivity nearly 1 million economically disadvantaged high school students across the country need to succeed in school. Working with cable and wireless ISPs, the nonprofit organization EveryoneOn is sponsoring Connect2Compete, a program to furnish affordable internet service - typically priced between $10 to $20 per month - to qualifying low-income households containing K–12 students. ![]() Kajeet’s ConnectEdNow campaign, announced in June, aims to make broadband access more affordable by providing students with portable Wi-Fi hotspot devices, a $200 mobile device subsidy and discounted data plans from Verizon, T-Mobile and other LTE providers. Imcon International and Cradlepoint have created a line of self-contained, Wi-Fi-enabled backpacks, powered by a solar charger and redundant batteries, that provide portable internet access by allowing students to connect to wireless, 3G, 4G, LTE and other networks using an open-source distributed edgeware system. Innovations in next-generation Internet of Things applications are helping to reduce those disparities, which characterize what’s known as the homework gap. ![]() Millions of students lack the ability to access the internet from home - a problem compounded by increasing expectations from educators that students do so to complete homework and research.
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