By Kimi Kean Let’s get this straight from the start: charter public schools are public schools. That’s state law. Oakland charter school students are Oakland public school students, and their demographics reflect the district’s: more than 7 out of 10 receive free/reduced lunch, more than 1 out of 3 are English Language Learners and 8…
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Access Denied Ep. 2: How Chicago Is Conquering the Digital Divide & What We Can Learn (ft. Kids First Chicago)
In Chicago, something’s going on. Something big. Thanks to local efforts to provide free, no-strings-attached internet to low-income families, all Chicago students will be able to stay in school even when they are stuck at home due to the pandemic. On the second episode of “Access Denied,” host Dirk Tillotson speaks with Daniel Anello of…
How Oakland charters kept serving students during distance learning
The unprecedented interruption of the 2020 school year has laid bare inequities in our system, with one in five California students (over 1 million) lacking either connectivity or a device, a staggering need. The pandemic has forced schools and school districts to make on-the-fly decisions about how to continue instruction and care of students. Some…
How Chicago is Conquering the Digital Divide, while Oakland and Most Everywhere Else, Flounders
Learn how Chicago is providing free internet city wide, and how Oakland can too, we speak to the folks who made it happen on Access Denied Friday at 9 am Pacific
Access Denied; Surveying the Digital Divide and Solutions From Oakland to Philly
Talking with Zach Wright, a renowned educator from Philly, about the digital divide, the price gauging broadband providers, the costs to families and how we (meaning you) can support real access for every family that needs it. This is my first internet show, please take a look, let me know what you think, and be…