National Collaborative for Digital Equity

Our Mission ​ Our aim is to support sustained efforts to eliminate the digital divide as a barrier to economic and educational opportunity. As a federally tax-exempt nonprofit, NCDE provides free dissemination and policy education as well as comprehensive, fee-based consulting services, in support of digital equity for economic and educational opportunity. These supporters make our work possible: Picture Picture Picture Our Strategic Priorities 1. Mobilizing states and communities to undertake sustained efforts to eliminate the digital divide and strengthen local coordination to build more robust pathways into living wage careers, fostering an inclusive high-skill, high-wage economy for all (see "Impacts"). 2. Providing guidance for partnership development: developing empirically-based guides for state and local leaders leaders in banking, school systems, postsecondary education, philanthropy, and educator preparation on how to develop partnerships, tap Community Reinvestment Act and other resources, and foster digital equity for economic inclusion. 3. Fostering knowledge management on digital equity for economic inclusion through GIS mapping, our growing clearinghouse on resources across a growing array of essential dimensions of a systemic approach to digital equity (see "Resources"), research and evaluation, and dissemination of best and promising practices. Our Services Presentations: keynote, workshop, featured panel, and customized professional development. Conference planning, design and leadership for gatherings supporting sustained digital inclusion initiatives. Technical assistance to develop bank/education system/community partnerships for digital equity and economic inclusion. Who We Are The Collaborative, a New Hampshire based federally tax-exempt nonprofit corporation, was co-founded in 2013 as the Digital Opportunity Consortium, by co-chairs Dr. Robert McLaughlin and Dr. Paul Resta. Reflecting the compelling need to speak to potential investors with one voice about why and how to approach digital equity investments and initiatives systemically, we refashioned the consortium as the National Collaborative for Digital Equity. We are headquartered in Weare, New Hampshire. Picture Our Board of Directors Dr. Paul Resta, President Susan Ballard, Vice-President Dr. Robert McLaughlin, Secretary-Treasurer Kim Carter Dr. Mary Ford Our Leadership Council Dr. Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Harvard Graduate School of Education Dr. Jeremy Roschelle, Digital Promise Skip Stahl, Co-Director, National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials, CAST Lisa Trisciani, Field Sales Vice-President, Connection Public Sector Solutions Our Members American Association of School Administrators American Association of School Librarians Association of Educational Service Agencies ​CAST Community Commons Connection Public Sector Services ​Credo Education Cyber Seniors Digital Promise EveryoneOn Frameworks Institute FSG Consulting GenYes Global SchoolNet Foundation Grantmakers For Education Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education Kajeet The Learning Accelerator ​MERLOT ​National Association of State Boards of Education National Commission on Teaching and America's Future ​National Education Broadband Service Association ​​National School Boards Association ​National Writing Project New England School Library Association ​​New Hampshire Dept. of Education Office of Education Technology ​Partnership for 21st Century Skills Project DQ ​QED Foundation Rosen Digital Smart Chicago Collaborative SRI International State Education Technology Directors Association Technology for Equitable Learning Opportunities (TELOS), Stanford University ​Tennessee Board of Regents Office of Emerging Technologies and Mobilization ​University of Washington, Technology and Social Change Group Young People's Project​