HP Inc. Launches Digital Learning Partnerships to Support Students and Schools Impacted by COVID-19 - Seite 2

As teachers, kids and families experience greater need for educational content, HP has supported TIME for Kids in removing the paywall from their digital content and will ensure printed classroom materials – textbooks, workbooks and other paper-based assignments – will immediately get into the hands of students. The program will ensure K-Grade 3 learners in select school districts will have access to TIME for Kids, Britannica and NASA for the rest of the school year, with the program expanding to K-12 soon.

HP and leading partners are turning to immediate action to close the homework and digital access gap. TIME for Kids has launched a free digital library to bring the trusted in-classroom publication to homes for the first time and to provide free and global access to issues of TIME for Kids and other news literacy resources for the remainder of the school year. NASA’s content is geared towards planet-saving lessons around environmental conservation and stewardship. Britannica has created a number of resources including virtual lessons, home activities, tools for administrators and advice for parents.

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As schools remain closed due to COVID-19, parents, teachers and students have been thrust into a time of remote teaching and learning. While free digital content remains incredibly useful, it eludes those affected by the “homework gap” – meaning, those students lacking the connectivity or device access to complete schoolwork at home. This gap in access is particularly critical for the youngest learners, grades K-3, when their foundational learning and fundamental skills are just being established. Bridging this gap – particularly during this time of COVID-19 – is the primary objective of this collaboration. The packets will be printed on-demand through the HP Piazza Platform, and delivered to support blended learning at Title I school districts and underserved students across the United States.

By converting digital content to printed booklets, all students will have equal access to materials focused on STEM and environmental topics. HP, in collaboration with Command Companies will offer printed content free of charge, culled from various publishers, to as many US-based K-3 students as possible. To do this, several publishers have committed to create and provide content free of charge. HP is providing the HP Piazza Platform and order processing at no cost to school districts and is providing an in-kind donation of ink to the print service provider that will be printing the booklets. HP will also partner with leading U.S. paper mills to offer an in-kind donation of paper. It’s important to note that no partner stands to make a profit from this initiative – rather, it’s being structured to cover all associated hard costs, including labor and logistics. HP will also work with UPS on free delivery to the participating school districts.