Digital inequalities in secondary schools: how can they be overcome?
Les Hopper, Product Director at Pearson, explores the current extent of digital inequality in secondary schools and showcases what some staff are doing to mitigate its impacts.
Les Hopper, Product Director at Pearson, explores the current extent of digital inequality in secondary schools and showcases what some staff are doing to mitigate its impacts.
Authored by Maddie Short, Programmes Lead, Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation
Two teachers share their stories of how they’re tackling the digital divide in their schools.
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