North Carolina's Approach to Digital Equity and Education

On June 17, the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, in partnership with the Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology, hosted a webinar titled The Power of Partnership: State Strategies for Digital and Educational Equity. The first of a three-part webinar series, this session highlighted the efforts of the North Carolina Office of Digital Equity and Literacy and how the department plans to partner with educational institutions as it approaches the implementation of the state’s digital equity plan. In a moderated Q&A, Maggie Woods, Deputy Director of the NC Office of Digital Equity and Literacy, Jenifer Bean of the NC Community College System, the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation’s Erin Huggins, and the Office of Educational Technology’s Isabella Zachariah discussed why it is so important to partner with educational institutions, what success looks like, and what North Carolina has in common with other model states. Some highlights from the webinar.