Webinar // Back to School, Broadband Access, and the Digital Education Gap
DATE: Tuesday, August 25, 2020
TIME: 1:00 - 2:00 PM
LOCATION: WEBCAST
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Description
Join Hispanic Technology & Telecommunications Partnership and the office of FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel for a conversation about education equity, broadband access, and the digital education gap.
Background
Pew Research Center estimates that 5 million school-aged children do not have broadband internet connection at home. The discrepancy is part of what educators call the “homework gap,” a barrier that students face when trying to complete homework assignments online.
Communities of color and Rural communities across the U.S. have been grappling with a lack of broadband infrastructure for years, but the COVID-19 health crisis has magnified the digital divide and compounded pre existing structural inequalities in our society.
As schools, parents, and students prepare to go back to school in the fall whether instruction takes place remotely — in the classroom, or some combination of the two, reliable and affordable at home broadband will be the key determinant of student success and their chance to achieve greater economic security, good health, and family stability in our new digital culture.
Keynote remarks:
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel
Moderator:
Alejandro Roark, Executive Director, HTTP
Panelist:
Brent Wilkes, Vice President, Hispanic Federation
Amina Fazlullah, Policy Council, CommonSense
Amanda Fernández, CEO/Co-Founder, Latinos for Education
Clint Odom, SVP for Policy and Advocacy, National Urban League
Jennifer Mayer-Glenn, Director, University Neighborhood Partners
Thomas Toch, Director, FutureEd
