Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

A health crisis running headlong into an education crisis: Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year. Teachers are personalizing the learning process by leveraging powerful new data tools with high-quality curriculum resources, thus empowering students to own their own learning. Our opportunity is now.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 31, 2016

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, approximately 5 of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband internet while at home. In the spring of 2016, the FCC voted to modernize the program to include broadband services for low income families. ConnectHome.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2021

At a time when we are trying to do the best we can with limited resources, the things that aren’t critical have fallen away out of necessity. Millions lack broadband. More equitable distribution of these resources. This op-ed is part of a series of year-end reflections EdSurge is publishing as 2020 concludes.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Schools across the country were forced to rapidly shift to distance learning last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as the 2020-2021 school year began in the fall and teachers and students were still trying to adjust to this “new normal,” those in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program had an advantage. What we’ve learned.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

. “As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities now have a much deeper appreciation for the significant role that broadband communication plays in educating students and connecting our citizens. ” Key 2020 report findings include: 1.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

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. Here are things to know about the hurdles the 2019 board members identified. . Digital Equity.

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Education Superhighway

MARCH 24, 2020

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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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

The murder of George Floyd in 2020 changed American culture, in part by invigorating interest in diversity, equity and inclusion. The 61 teachers, administrators and district leaders interviewed did seem to share an understanding of equity, the report found: roughly defined as giving all students the resources and support they need to learn.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 24, 2022

In our work to close the broadband affordability gap for the 18 million U.S. households that have access to the internet but cannot afford to connect , partnerships are critical to removing the barriers that keep under-resourced households offline. Raising Awareness of the Affordable Connectivity Program. Learn more.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2023

From the earliest stages, as Pre-K parents search for activities and resources to nurture their child's growth, to K-12 schools adopting technology to improve student outcomes and operational efficiencies, the impact of modern learning tools is undeniable. Emerging technologies have the potential to reshape the educational landscape.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 31, 2017

This catalyzed a sea change in the broadband available in America’s schools. The impact of E-rate modernization is most evident in the acceleration of the pace of upgrades in K-12 broadband networks. “We need to show the FCC and USAC how E-rate funds have made school broadband upgrades a reality for their students.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

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. Here are things to know about the hurdles the 2019 board members identified. . Digital Equity.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

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. Here are things to know about the hurdles the 2019 board members identified. . Digital Equity.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Oakland’s partnership, known as #OaklandUndivided , launched in May 2020. OAKLAND, Calif. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Mini arrived at the Office of School Culture in Michigan’s Lansing School District in December 2020. We simply didn’t have the human resources to do the same for the 10,000 families in our district. Recommended Resources from AllHere. The results were powerful, but the effort was extremely time consuming.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 1, 2020

On April 1, 2020, the FCC announced extensions of several key E-rate deadlines to provide relief to program participants affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Extends the service delivery deadline for non-recurring services for Funding Year 2019 by one year, from September 30, 2020, to September 30, 2021. Resources to support you.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. education system.

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Tom Murray

MAY 23, 2018

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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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The survey results demonstrated the urgency of eliminating broadband accessibility as a barrier to remote learning. The Task Force leveraged the influence and networks of its members to bring resources and expertise to bear. . This triage approach allowed for more efficient use of calling resources. . 3 | OUTREACH STRATEGY.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Using engaging, current, and relevant case studies, this includes activities on: COVID-19 pandemic (snapshot up until July 2020). I’d be delighted to receive any feedback about your impression of this resource,” Richard Allan Biozone’s President commented. Limited broadband access may be an obstacle for many students.

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eSchool News

JULY 24, 2019

Education leaders expect school internet needs to increase over the next several years, highlighting the need for increased bandwidth and resources to support the growing demands on school networks.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Check out these helpful resources to learn more about E-rate: USAC E-rate program overview. Other USAC E-rate video resources. The E-rate program was put into place to ensure that education institutions have access to the technological resources necessary to keep students and teachers connected. USAC eligible services FAQ page.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Applicants will at minimum, have access to new funding in FY 2020 if: . Applicants will at minimum, have access to whatever funding remains in FY 2020 if: They began using their 5-year budgets in subsequent funding years (i.e., We will be updating our 2020 Funding Year guidance for schools as soon as an FCC Order is published.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2021

In attendance and making remarks will be Congresswoman Elaine Luria, who represents Virginia’s second district, Virginia Secretary of Education Atif Qarni and Virginia Chief Broadband Advisor Evan Feinman. ” The project to connect Historical Jamestowne Island was completed in early 2020 – just in time for distance learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Poor Internet Access Cripples Online Higher Ed When the pandemic careened across the globe in spring 2020, U.S. They are quite resourceful in ways we haven’t seen in the developed world.” China, on the other hand, offers no online degrees and is unlikely to introduce any for another several years.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Many offer much-needed internet service, providing access to some of the 35 percent of tribal land residents who do not have broadband service. By March 2020, that number had reached one in five. Fully 85 percent of TCU students were eligible for Pell grants, a marker for financial need, before the pandemic.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

Connecting our nation’s schools, libraries, health clinics and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) to next generation high-speed broadband is an important national priority. The recently launched Grow2GiG+ Initiative is a campaign designed to help bring gigabit speed-and-beyond networks to all anchor institutions in America by 2020.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 1, 2020

They started this process around March 10, 2020. DCN, along with the Broadband Association of North Dakota (BAND), served as the centralized aggregation point to connect with the state (Governor Doug Burgum’s office, DPI, and NDIT). DPI and NDIT needed to protect student privacy; DCN needed to protect customer privacy. Data Cleaning.

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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.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 26, 2019

A survey of 30 superintendents and CTOs from rural districts revealed four key challenges to implementing technology: broadband access, funding, people and understanding the “why.” The program will begin in the 2019-2020 school year. About CoSN. cosn.org.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

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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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A recent press release from the National Coalition for Digital Equity shared: A group of fourteen past-presidents of the American Association of School Librarians has come together to pool their expertise and experience to assist school librarians with strategies and resources helpful in addressing pandemic-exacerbated challenges.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The promise was that all public school students, regardless of their location, age, or socioeconomic background, would have high-speed broadband access in their classrooms within 5 years. billion-per-year E-rate program resources to fulfill this promise. But there are still 6.5 million students that need our help.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

on March 18, 2020. Nobody knows the right path forward,” said Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education , a nonpartisan education research center in Seattle that has compiled an online database of coronavirus response plans provided by scores of districts across the country as a resource for other educators.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

Each session includes expert video screencasts, classroom video clips, readings and resources, and assignments that will help participants create a strong foundation of communication within the classroom. The need for high-speed broadband internet in every classroom in the U.S.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Susan Gentz, a partner at K20Connect, provided a guide to the types of emergency federal funding that became available during the summer of 2020, as well as some of the issues that districts receiving funding will need to work through. Understanding ESSER, ESF-REM, and GEER. Staying Organized and Healthy. Arati has an M.Ed.

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