Education Policy, Business and Technology

Access to Power a Limiting Factor for Classroom Device Use

THE Journal: A report being released this week finds that a sizable chunk of educators do not have access to enough outlets or charging stations to support the devices used in their classrooms.

According to a report that will be released publicly later this week by technology company FLI Charge, more than a third of teachers — 38 percent — said they have an inadequate number of outlets in their classrooms for the devices they use. Half have 21 or more students yet only have one to five outlets in their rooms. Almost a fifth of teachers surveyed — 19 percent — said they have no charging solution at all, while two-thirds "use a combination of charging carts/lockers or extension cords/power banks to charge devices," according to the results of the survey.

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