The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

households lack what has become a basic need, according to a new report by EducationSuperHighway, an education nonprofit that in 2019 helped to almost eliminate the internet connectivity gap in classrooms across the country. Issues around broadband affordability disproportionately affect low-income, Black, and Latinx communities.

Digital Divide 94

Digital Divide Broadband Report Trends 94

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2019

Mon, 06/24/2019 - 13:57. It didn’t cover every classroom, and it used the 802.11n specification. E-rate , which helps schools and libraries obtain affordable high-speed internet access , last underwent big change in 2014. Enhances Classroom Connectivity . E-Rate Improvements Support Easier and Faster IT Upgrades.

E-rate 205

E-rate Chromebook Broadband Libraries 205

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Guest speakers from around the world enter classrooms through a screen. Economically disadvantaged students get Wi-Fi access through backpacks. Here are things to know about the hurdles the 2019 board members identified. . A type of magic happens when education and technology-driven innovation come together. Digital Equity.

Broadband 150

Broadband Future Ready EdTech Training 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Guest speakers from around the world enter classrooms through a screen. Economically disadvantaged students get Wi-Fi access through backpacks. Here are things to know about the hurdles the 2019 board members identified. . A type of magic happens when education and technology-driven innovation come together. Digital Equity.

Broadband 150

Broadband Future Ready EdTech Training 150

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

A lack of access to digital devices and home broadband access, distractions in learning from home, technical glitches, and unfamiliarity with online teaching and learning best practices are just some of the factors that made remote learning less effective than in-person instruction, especially for students in under-resourced communities.

Broadband 107

Broadband Strategy Elementary Accessibility 107

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

EducationSuperHighway today released its annual State of the States report highlighting the major progress that has been achieved to connect nearly every public school classroom to high-speed broadband. million students across the nation who lack access to the minimum connectivity required for digital learning.

Broadband 40

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Report 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In order to support digital and mobile learning, students in K-12 classrooms need access to sufficient bandwidth, scalable and affordable broadband infrastructure, and robust Wi-Fi. Related content: 6 realities about district broadband connections. And for the most part, they have it.

Mobile Learning 70

Mobile Learning Mobility Broadband Learning 70

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The lunches are packed, the supplies have been purchased, the classrooms are decorated, and we’re off and running on our third school year in the shadow of COVID-19. States like my home state of North Carolina are addressing broadband access, because technology is now a basic need for students in the same way up-to-date textbooks once were.

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Policies Broadband Trends Education 179

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

They were the outliers, those willing to open up their classrooms to try new things. Fast forward to 2019. They’re using technology as an integral part of their instruction and personalizing instruction for a classroom of students with diverse learning needs. Take, for example, the nation’s progress on wiring classrooms.

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Khan Academy Learning Differentiated Instruction Broadband 159

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect. The challenge, as highlighted by Fruth, is how much data should be accessible to the stakeholders.

Data 41

Data Accessibility Student Data Privacy Libraries 41

ExcelinEd

APRIL 5, 2019

Visit EducationSuperHighway.org to learn how your state can upgrade internet access in every public school classroom to empower more students to take advantage of the promise of digital learning. — edWeb.net (@edwebnet) April 2, 2019. million U.S. students not yet connected to high-speed internet, 1.9

Accessibility 28

Accessibility E-rate Broadband Libraries 28

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

One big barrier to sustaining education via remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic has been students’ unequal access to advanced technology tools. According to a 2019 Pew Research Center report, 96 percent of adults own a cell phone and 81 percent own a smartphone. But cell service is pretty reliable in most places.

Laptops 200

Laptops Tablets Smartphone Mobility 200

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

The newest voices in that choir come from Bill and Melinda Gates, who declared that “ textbooks are becoming obsolete ” in their 2019 annual letter. classrooms from kindergarten through high school.” Spending data suggests that instructional software is indeed growing in classrooms. From 2011 to 2014, U.S. billion to $3.3

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Chegg Software Industry Pearson 160

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2024

A high school graduate could get a job paying $15 an hour — good money at the time — without ever setting foot in a college classroom, he said. percent of its population between 2010 and 2019, Hazard grew by 13 percent. We have to give them access to quality healthcare.” Though Appalachian Kentucky lost 2.2

Report 129

Report Study Accessibility Industry 129

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Over the past eight years, WANRack has worked with schools and communities to close the digital divide and ensure students have access to digital learning in every classroom, every day. “We are incredibly proud to provide access that opens up new opportunities for students.”

Digital Divide 70

Digital Divide E-rate Broadband Digital Learning 70

Education Superhighway

APRIL 1, 2020

Given the disruptions caused by the pandemic, the FCC Order: Waives the service implementation deadline for special construction for all funding year 2019 applicants and extends this deadline by one year, from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2021. Under Commission rules, applicants must complete special construction (e.g.,

E-rate 71

E-rate Broadband Libraries Digital Learning 71

Education Superhighway

JUNE 13, 2019

Here’s how broadband data provided by school districts across the nation helps improve educational equity for America’s students: 1. With access to accurate data, EducationSuperHighway was one of many organizations who were able to advocate for changes to the program – including an additional $1.4B

E-rate 40

E-rate Broadband Data Analysis 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The video’s simplicity and accessibility is the point for ReadyRosie, which offers parents ways to turn a chore like putting away groceries into vocabulary practice. Its platform costs between $200 and $350 a year per classroom, with lower prices if several classrooms sign up. It’s smooth and in the pantry,” the boy says slowly.

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Strategy Video Company Smartphone 124

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Today, we released our fourth annual State of the States report: Expanding Digital Learning to Every Classroom, Every Day and we are proud to announce that 40.7 million more students have access to high-speed Internet connections than just five years ago. The cost of K-12 Internet access has declined 85% in the last five years.

E-rate 56

E-rate Broadband Digital Learning Meeting 56

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

JumpStart provided a pipeline to NOVA as more than a third of students enrolled in the fall (while community college enrollment fell by around 10% at the start of the school year compared with 2019, NOVA enrollment increased by 2%). The program also bolstered access to learning opportunities at times limited by availability and affordability.

Learning 140

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 140

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The program, NOVA’s first focused effort to create educational resources to teach science communication to teens, grew out of a pilot program during the 2018-2019 academic year in the Boston area that worked with nearly 30 students. PBS’ broad array of programs has been consistently honored by the industry’s most coveted award competitions.

Facebook 106

Facebook Broadband Twitter Mobility 106

The Innovative Educator

JUNE 24, 2019

2019/20: The Year Of. Dr. Curran explained that what should be trending in social media is the learning that happens in the classroom. School bus wifi In communities where students spend a lot of time on a bus, consider using a company like Kajeet to provide internet access during the commute. Is Culatta right?

Trends 76

Trends Digital Citizenship Social Media EdTech 76

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Chief technology officers and IT professionals in the K-12 field have a lot on their collective plates these days, what with the continued proliferation of technology in their schools, new governmental programs and compliance requirements, and the push to effectively integrate their technology in the classroom. Broadband equity.

Trends 40

Trends E-rate Broadband Technology 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” Honest Conversation. Innovative Approaches.

Strategy 48

Strategy EdTech Professional Learning Accessibility 48

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Previously, if teachers were worried about a student, they could ask school mental health professionals to come into a classroom to observe. Seeing students only through a screen makes it “much more difficult to reach families,” especially those in underserved communities who might have limited broadband or technology access, she said.

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Technology Broadband Meeting Advocacy 123

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

She clicked on icons embedded in the virtual classroom to learn about energy-saving features such as LED lights and super-insulated exterior walls made of concrete-filled foam blocks. Basically, we walked into every classroom, counted the lights, checked to see what was plugged in, and looked for vampires.”.

Elementary 105

Elementary Learning Data Report 105

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics.

Learning 81

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 81

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 7, 2021

During a recent edWebinar , sponsored by Scholastic Magazines+ , the presenters offered strategies for helping students ease back into the classroom and get engaged in learning again. However, the pandemic also took away a lot of choice, so look for places in the schedule and the classroom protocols where students get to make some decisions.

Broadband 85

Broadband Instructional Materials System Professional Learning 85

MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

And when you lower that stress factor, they are more readily able to access the content of the lesson.” . To her, this replicated the classroom feeling of being surrounded by peers working. It’s definitely an accessibility feature that everyone can benefit from.”.

Tools 43

Tools eBook Digital Divide Broadband 43

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Our reporters are spending the year listening to people from across the country as they manage school districts, lead classrooms, parent students and attend school. As of this fall, it had 198,645 students, compared with 205,778 in the 2019-2020 school year, and was still trying to track down students who’d gone missing.

Elementary 143

Elementary Broadband Assessment Dropout 143

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

COMCAST INTERNET ESSENTIALS PROGRAM ( www.internetessentials.com/apply ) Comcast announced it has now connected over six million Americans to the Internet through its Internet Essentials program, a comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income families in the U.S. released several upgrades for the 2018 - 2019 school year.

Tools 47

Tools Chromebook Software Mobility 47

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected immigrant students and, more generally, English learners, who have struggled with hurdles such as language barriers, subpar broadband and limited at-home learning support, according to the Migration Policy Institute. in January 2019. Credit: GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images.

Policies 93

Policies Elementary Report System 93

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2021

Casagranda said in one classroom at Seward High School there’s a “huge leak in the ceiling panel.” A ceiling panel damaged by water inside a classroom at Seward High School, pictured in May 2021, is the result of a warranty issue that the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District maintenance team said it is working to resolve.

Report 96

Report System Broadband Study 96

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. broadband privacy rules.” ” From August: “ Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people.”

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55