The American Library Association released a report last week underlining the role of libraries in expanding digital equity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, titled Keeping Communities ...

New research shows that the policing of nonviolent offenses, like loitering, restricts access to free Wi-Fi, particularly for people of color Coffee shops and casual restaurants are an important part ...

The House of Representatives is marking up the $3.5 trillion infrastructure package, and the Senate recently passed a $1 trillion infrastructure package of its own. The Senate package contains nearly ...

The shift to remote and hybrid learning catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many challenges and inequities in our current education system. As the CEO of an educational technology ...

The pandemic brought a lot of awareness to the digital divide, the inequities between those who have access to the internet and the technology to use it and those who do not. When schools and ...

Lucy Njoki Njoroge, owner of a cash-only shop in Nairobi, Kenya, participates in a credit initiative that connects small retailers to banks, enabling access to short-term credit. BY FastCo Works What ...

The latest iteration of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Educational Technology Plan (NETP) takes aim at several obstacles limiting edtech’s ability to transform teaching and learning.

While connectivity numbers show progress in getting more people online, the report shows that digital development remains ...

New research shines a light on the next phase of talent and organizational disruption. When the world shifted to remote working and learning overnight, it also accelerated a human digital ...

As President Biden and Congress debate a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that includes a historic investment in broadband, it’s an important moment to question what we mean by digital equity and ...

A decade ago, conversations about the digital divide — the gap between those with access to digital technologies and those without — focused mainly on high-speed, broadband internet. While ...

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