[Edling] Online Event | Bridging the Digital Divide for U.S. Children in Immigrant Families | 24 February

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

Migration Policy Institute

Bridging the Digital Divide for U.S. Children in Immigrant Families

When:
Thursday, February 24, 2022

2:00 P.M. ET (New York, D.C.) / 1:00 P.M. CT (Chicago) / 12:00 P.M. MT
(Denver) / 11:00 A.M. PT (Los Angeles)


Speakers:

Carmen Bordea, Digital Learning Program Coordinator, Office of Global
Michigan

Genna Robbins, Manager of Professional Development Services, Internationals
Network for Public Schools Inc.

Ji Soo Song, Broadband Advisor, Office of Educational Technology, U.S.
Department of Education

Essey Workie, Director, Human Services Initiative, Migration Policy
Institute (MPI)

The Omicron surge caused many U.S. schools to return to remote learning, an
all-too-familiar status since the sudden shift to virtual learning caused
by the COVID-19 pandemic. The public-health crisis has tested school
systems across the country and continues to pose operational challenges as
schools transition between in-person, remote, and hybrid instruction.

Remote learning has become a controversial tool and now is often considered
a last-resort pandemic response. One reason is the digital divide in who
can access computers, high-speed internet, and digital skills training.
Children in immigrant families often have disproportionately less access to
digital tools and training than their peers, which can lead to knowledge
gaps, lower grades, chronic absenteeism, and disenrollment.

Join this webinar featuring a new MPI report that takes stock of lessons
and promising practices from the pandemic, with insights from educators,
community leaders, and other stakeholders on how to support immigrant
children and U.S.-born children with immigrant parents during remote
learning. Speakers will examine related parts of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and how federal, state, and local
governments; school districts; schools; libraries; and service providers
can advance digital equity for children in immigrant families.


More information:
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/events/bridging-digital-divide-children-immigrant-families
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