Broadband equity

 "A new report and case studies demonstrates the effectiveness of connecting low-income students and households to the internet by extending school, library, and other “anchor institution” networks into the community. ... Building broadband networks “to-and-through” anchor institutions is often the most cost-effective and financially sustainable option to connect students in rural and underserved areas, challenging a narrative that claims this approach is too costly. The case studies show that both large and small school districts, including Council Bluffs (IA) and Fresno (CA), are using a variety of wireless technologies and partnerships to permanently close the homework gap."

Katz, R. (2022). The to and through opportunity: An economic analysis of options to extend affordable broadband to students households through anchor institutions. Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition.

https://www.shlb.org/policy/research/to-and-through

Positive Impacts of Project-Based Learning on Learning and Achievement

Researchers in Michigan show that project-based learning in high-poverty communities can produce statistically significant gains in social studies and informational reading. Their study found that PBL was effective in fostering social studies

and informational reading growth in sample of second graders from high-poverty, low-

performing schools in teachers’ first year of implementation of the approach. Higher fidelity to PBL session plans was associated with statistically significantly higher growth

in writing, motivation, and reading.

Duke, N. K., Halvorsen, A., Strachan, S., & Kim, J. (2017). Putting PBL to the test: The impact of project-based learning on second-grade students’ social studies and literacy learning and motivation. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=dW1pY2guZWR1fG5rZHVrZXxneDo0ZWQ1ZTk3NTFmZDI4ZTg5