EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2018

billion annually to K–12 school districts to help pay for access to high-speed broadband. Today, most districts take advantage of E-rate’s Category One funds, which help pay for broadband from internet service providers, and for WAN services to connect schools so districts can distribute broadband to every school.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2021

More off-campus broadband access. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, about half of districts provided some off-campus broadband services to their students, helping connect them to the internet from their homes—most often through the use of mobile hotspots. New ways of engaging with families.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 31, 2018

Organized by AMERIND Critical Infrastructure Manager Kimball Sekaquaptewa, this fiber build project will ultimately help Native American students in these Pueblos access high-speed broadband and gain essential skills through the power of technology. The Vision: A high-speed broadband network for pueblo schools and libraries.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2020

One notable change is the FCC made permanent the Category Two budget approach it adopted in 2014, extending the trial period an extra year through the 2020 funding year. The FCC approved the last five-year E-Rate budget in 2014, which was also the first year of the program modernization. E-Rate Wins and Unfulfilled Wishes.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2020

One notable change is the FCC made permanent the Category Two budget approach it adopted in 2014, extending the trial period an extra year through the 2020 funding year. The FCC approved the last five-year E-Rate budget in 2014, which was also the first year of the program modernization. E-Rate Wins and Unfulfilled Wishes.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

One notable change is the FCC made permanent the Category Two budget approach it adopted in 2014, extending the trial period an extra year through the 2020 funding year. The FCC approved the last five-year E-Rate budget in 2014, which was also the first year of the program modernization. E-Rate Wins and Unfulfilled Wishes.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 31, 2019

One notable change is the FCC made permanent the Category Two budget approach it adopted in 2014, extending the trial period an extra year through the 2020 funding year. The FCC approved the last five-year E-Rate budget in 2014, which was also the first year of the program modernization. E-Rate Wins and Unfulfilled Wishes.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

And today, the organization that helped Hering’s district reach its bandwidth goals released Compare & Connect K-12 , a new free tool that CEO Evan Marwell says will help provide high-speed broadband at lower costs for school leaders looking to amp up students’ digital access. “We They turned to E-rate, the $3.9

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 20, 2018

Room 21C, which debuted in 2014, provides areas for collaboration, creativity, communication and contemplation. Ensure the new space has reliable broadband and ample outlets for powering equipment and recharging mobile devices. Embrace color. To learn more tips, download the CDW•G white paper, “ A Modern Learning Environment. ”.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 20, 2015

EducationSuperHighway partnered with the Arkansas Governor’s office and the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) in August 2014 toward the goal of connecting all Arkansas students to high-speed broadband for digital learning. Learn more about EducationSuperHighway’s programs to accelerate state upgrades.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 30, 2019

Robust broadband that fully supports digital learning requires that each part of a district’s network be working in unison and at full capacity. If one or more of the pieces of the network is broken or underperforming, then high-speed broadband and therefore rich, digital learning content cannot reach students’ devices.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

Given our district’s size, we distributed devices to 30 or 40 schools at a time beginning in 2014/2015. If we do not have enough broadband to facilitate seamless learning experiences, our students will suffer. In August 2023, I transitioned from teaching and learning to IT.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 19, 2014

This past spring, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced a partnership between the state of Virginia and EducationSuperHighway to work toward ensuring that all Virginia public schools have equal and affordable access to broadband technology. Virginia was one of two states that we selected to participate in a state broadband project in 2014.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Since 2014, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) initiative has provided every student and teacher at select middle and high schools with a device equipped with a data plan to support learning in and out of the classroom. In December 2020, Congress appropriated $3.2

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2019

E-rate , which helps schools and libraries obtain affordable high-speed internet access , last underwent big change in 2014.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In 2014, the Federal Communications Commission modernized the E-rate program with the objective of closing the K-12 digital divide within five years. This catalyzed a sea change in the broadband available in America’s schools. Focusing on broadband. Improving affordability through price transparency.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Schacht credits the growing availability of broadband internet in schools for helping “get his product into the hands of teachers directly.” million in venture capital that the startup has raised since its launch in 2014. These materials are used every month by roughly four million students across half of all U.S.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In the effort to ensure that all students have equal access to the broadband they need for digital learning, there are challenges and triumphs every year. The FCC Announced Rural Broadband Month. For the first time, the FCC designated August as Rural Broadband Month. showed that commitment through their broadband initiatives.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The ninth annual E-Rate Trends Report from Funds For Learning shows that the federal E-rate program is still critical in establishing broadband connectivity for schools and libraries.

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eSchool News

JULY 24, 2019

The ninth annual E-Rate Trends Report from Funds For Learning shows that the federal E-rate program is still critical in establishing broadband connectivity for schools and libraries.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Since its inception, E-rate has been instrumental in making K-12 broadband more affordable and accessible than ever. When this FCC program was amended in 2014 (through the E-rate Modernization Order), it included rules providing additional funding to match any funding the state provided for eligible “special construction charges.”

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 3, 2018

With that in mind, here’s a guide to assess school district network needs and implement affordable broadband upgrades. Through an annual application process, school districts can request funding for the infrastructure and implementation of broadband and Wi-Fi. School Network Structure.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In 2014, AASA played a lead role in modernizing the E-rate program, advocating for key changes such as: A policy update to make the program broadband-centric; and. Stay tuned for more posts with E-rate updates and free resources to ensure all students have access to the broadband needed to take advantage of digital learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Mostly the report attributes the connectivity gains to E-rate modernization, which increased overall funding for school broadband projects and took steps to make it easier for schools to purchase fiber networks. Overall, more than 39 million students enjoy bandwidth speeds to support digital learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Improving network speed and capacity and increasing competition for broadband services remain significant challenges to districts as well, the survey reveals. Additionally, school systems with high monthly costs (over $50 per Mbps) for internet bandwidth decreased from 32 percent in 2014 to 19 percent in 2015.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. A survey of schools and libraries done by the FCC in 2010 found that 80% reported that broadband services did not “fully meet their current needs.” Stay tuned for other reflections in the coming weeks.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Though the amount of bandwidth each district needs depends, among other factors, on its size and location, every district can benefit from planning broadband infrastructure with growing technology demands in mind. Today’s classrooms also need sufficient broadband to support activities such as: Online research and browsing.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

EducationSuperHighway enthusiastically agrees with the Commission’s statement that the E-Rate Category 2 Rules implemented via the 2014 Modernization Orders have resulted in “more equitable and predictable” Category 2 funding, and fully supports the Commission’s intent to make these rules permanent. . FY 2016 – FY 2019).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 21st, 2014 In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Stories Conversations Updates GlobalEdCon 2014 - Call for Proposals Open Until November 1st. More information.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

On February 3, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rescinded a report issued two weeks earlier that examined the progress of E‐rate since the modernization orders of 2014 were passed. The American Library Association rightly decried this act as censorship , designed to obscure the public record.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In 2014, Starbucks and Arizona State University pioneered a new kind of partnership. Broadband penetration in K-12 schools reached over 98 percent , while low-cost computing devices like Chromebooks have proliferated in classrooms. Schools spent a decade buying technology. Now they want it to work.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 14, 2019

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted connectivity goals as part of its modernization of the E-rate program in 2014 with the intention of improving broadband access for K-12 learning and school operations. 2 – Plan for your school districts broadband budget. What are the FCC’s Bandwidth Goals?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

But computing power, device adoption, pervasive broadband and exponentially networked collaboration platforms of the past decade have already moved us to a world of information abundance. From 2015 to 2019, entrepreneurs created 11 times the number of education unicorns compared to 2005 to 2014.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The Homework Gap refers to the number of school-age children who don’t have broadband access at home and cannot complete their school assignments. Roughly 7-in-10 teachers assign homework requiring broadband access at home; however one-third of those students lack home internet access, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. When he taught at Castlemont in 2014, the school had only one Chromebook cart. “To Oakland launched OAK Wi-Fi, a broadband program, in late 2020 using $7.7

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techlearning

JUNE 26, 2018

JUNE 26, 2018 - The Federal Communications Commission soon will evaluate funding regulations for broadband internet in schools and libraries to consider how connectivity demands align with program utility and efficiency. EDMOND, OKLA.

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