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Clear Hurdles to Foster True Innovation in K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . There’s a growing understanding that disparities in home broadband internet access put students at a disadvantage — typically those who already face obstacles because of low family income or race. But in the end, the work will foster future-ready stars of teaching and learning.

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E-rate support during COVID-19

Education Superhighway

Here are a few ways the E-rate and broadband community is working to help connect your students during the crisis. The FCC took two steps to support schools in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: They extended the E-rate Form 471 deadline to April 29, 2020. They temporarily waived gift rules through September 30, 2020.

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Clear Hurdles to Foster True Innovation in K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . There’s a growing understanding that disparities in home broadband internet access put students at a disadvantage — typically those who already face obstacles because of low family income or race. But in the end, the work will foster future-ready stars of teaching and learning.

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Clear Hurdles to Foster True Innovation in K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . There’s a growing understanding that disparities in home broadband internet access put students at a disadvantage — typically those who already face obstacles because of low family income or race. But in the end, the work will foster future-ready stars of teaching and learning.

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7 Ways to Close the Access Gap

Tom Murray

In places like Albemarle County, Virginia , school leaders have been developing a 4G Network to support their entire community, every day of the year, by 2020. School districts can leverage this resource by sharing with families the low-cost Internet options that are available in their community. Leverage EveryoneOn.org.

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Good News from Our Nation’s Capital

EdNews Daily

inconsistent resource use? Without home access to broadband Internet, students don’t have a chance at an equitable education and have virtually no chance to compete for the best jobs and an opportunity to break the cycle of poverty that is pervasive in the Washington inner city. and only Isolated good examples? It includes $4.6

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Leading the Digital Transformation in Rural Districts During Crisis and Beyond

edWeb.net

One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Now, they are employing creative methods, such as expanding the reach of the school’s broadband so students can do work from the parking lot or in the surrounding area, having off-duty patrol cars become hotspots across the district.

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