EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 15, 2019
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 13:15. Kajeet ’s ConnectEdNow campaign , announced in June, aims to make broadband access more affordable by providing students with portable Wi-Fi hotspot devices, a $200 mobile device subsidy and discounted data plans from Verizon , T-Mobile and other LTE providers. Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?
Edsurge
DECEMBER 30, 2019
Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge. 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. Our higher education system formed around libraries.
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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. higher education courseware business despite gains in digital—all because of secondary textbook market’s impact. Not so fast, say education publishers and retailers.
Edsurge
JANUARY 15, 2019
Source: CB Insights This pattern is likely to continue into 2019. According to Jason Palmer, general manager at New Markets Venture Partners: “2019 will be an important year of rebalancing in the edtech market. 2019 will be an important year of rebalancing in the edtech market. Pitchbook tallied $130.9 As the U.S.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
But given the trends we’ve seen, we risk backpedaling on that progress if we fail to help those kids find a post-secondary pathway now.”. That was on the back of a much smaller 4 percent drop in FAFSA filings during the previous 2019-20 cycle. Broadband connectivity is a problem,” said DeBaun of the National College Attainment Network.
edWeb.net
APRIL 13, 2021
Preparations to ensure the virtual academy provided an equitable education for all students were based in part on data that revealed approximately 60% of student households only had cell phone access to the internet, rather than broadband access. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. About the Presenter. About the Host.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 4, 2020
By 2019, Ayers had helped impoverished Perry County reach an 86 percent college-going rate (57 students), the highest in the state, according to government figures. percent for fall 2020 over fall 2019, according to federal data — OTC says it had a 14 percent rise last summer and only a 2 percent drop this fall.
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