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eSchool News
MARCH 18, 2024
Since then, the program has transformed to help schools and libraries connect to high-speed broadband. Today, nearly three-quarters of K-12 school districts provide internet bandwidth at a minimum rate of 1 megabit per second, according to the 2023 Report on School Connectivity.
Education Superhighway
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
In September 2023, EducationSuperHighway convened twelve FCC ACP outreach grantees from across the country to participate in an ACP Learning Cohort. By 2025, we aim to increase digital access by 5 percent, with a particular focus on families with low incomes. Q: How does your organization prioritize digital inclusion?
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eSchool News
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
In 2020, after the onset of the pandemic, the program was created to provide funding to schools and libraries to purchase eligible equipment and services for students and teachers who lack connected devices, including laptops, tablets, or even broadband access.
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. You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. OAKLAND, Calif.
Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2019
billion by 2023. In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books. Even the most digitally connected educator will have access to a printer, Fields said. From 2011 to 2014, U.S. billion to $3.3 K-12 software will reach around $4.5
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 4, 2020
Given the educational and economic divide between rural and nonrural America, this may be the most important college access program you’ve never heard of. RootEd took the model to 13 rural Texas high schools this fall and plans to expand to 30 by 2023). percent of residents have broadband).
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.
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