Summit Outcomes

The summit workgroups

• Generated guidance for community and school system leaders on partnerships and funding proposals with digital equity investors
• Shared insights for funders on why and how to make digital equity investments that are systemic
• Developed strategies to share established research and create new knowledge needed for effective digital equity investments for impact
• Explored how best to tap national associations’ dissemination capabilities to (a) identify members’ digital divide priorities and (b) share best practices in systemic digital equity keyed to these priorities
• Initiatde sustained partnerships among digital equity resource providers for more cost-effective outreach leading to more systemic efforts

Invitees: 

At this unprecedented national summit, invited thought leaders from the following sectors came together for an intensive working session to craft a national strategic plan to close the digital divide for America’s low-income learners of all ages, in support of educational and economic opportunity:

• Community and school system leaders – e.g., school board members, superintendents, community tech centers
• Digital equity funders – e.g., foundation, bank community reinvestment and corporate giving leaders
• Ed tech researchers
• State and national association leaders and policy makers
• Digital equity resource providers – e.g., affordable broadband, devices, open educational resources, multilingual tech support, financial literacy, math literacy, media literacy and cybersafety.