In the past, that information was collected once or twice a year via surveys, leaving students without proper access to educational resources during much of the year. “Lightspeed’s new Digital Equity module allows districts to proactively address student-specific issues in real-time. “Access to the internet outside of school provides more equitable opportunity for all students to achieve academic success,” said Brook McShane Bock, Chief Product Officer at Lightspeed Systems. Make data-informed decisions to ensure all students have access to adequate digital tools and broadband internet through introducing large-scale solutions such as hotspots, Wi-Fi enabled community centers and more.Address issues in real-time and save time troubleshooting school-issued devices with student-level data, including internet speeds at home, service providers and more.Identify students experiencing poor or no internet connection outside of school without waiting for an IT ticket, relying on self-reporting or annual family surveys.The insights from Digital Equity help leaders: “Ensuring each one of our students has consistent access to the internet after school is paramount to our teaching and learning goals.” “Lightspeed Systems’ Digital Equity will help us bridge the digital divide in the communities that our schools serve, ensuring we determine which students need additional resources, like hotspots and more,” said Eric Hileman, Executive Director of IT for Oklahoma City Public Schools, and a Lightspeed client and Digital Equity beta user. Digital Equity is customizable, giving leaders the option to turn on specific data and usage stats. Leaders can drill-down into specific data on each individual student and their devices, as well as view overall district-wide usage to help identify local communities that need additional support and resources. In addition, large disparities exist among student subgroups, particularly by ethnicity and socioeconomically disadvantaged students.Įmpowering school and district leaders, Digital Equity provides a complete, real-time view of each student’s school-issued devices, including a device’s overall health, operating system, internet speed, service provider and more. Digital Equity helps school and district leaders understand the challenges students experience while trying to study outside of school so they can ensure all students stay connected to learning.Īccording to the 2022 Student Home Connectivity Study from the Consortium for School Networking (COSN), gaps remain nationwide in network performance and internet speeds at all grade levels for students connecting from outside a school, with approximately one-third of high school students experiencing “Far Below” or “Below Guidelines” for connectivity from home. AUSTIN, TX, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Lightspeed Systems, the leader in safe, secure and equitable education technology, announces Digital Equity-a module that provides robust and real-time connectivity and device health data on students’ school-issued devices.
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