Webinar // Back to School, Broadband Access, and the Digital Education Gap.

DATE: Tuesday, August 25, 2020
TIME: 1:00 - 2:00 PM
LOCATION: THIS WEBCAST HAS ENDED

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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

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