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The Pandemic Fueled Gains in Digital Equity. But for Native Tribes, It’s Complicated.

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federal government’s E-Rate program, which provides “universal service” funding to schools and libraries for telecommunications and internet, also said it wouldn’t pay for another project. The reservation has a high poverty rate, affecting about 70 percent of students in the area by Mills’ estimate. Early on, the U.S.

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Master the Art of eBooks with ePUB Reader SDK

Kitaboo on EdTech

It powers dedicated e-readers, including Nook, Bookeen, and many more custom e-reading apps on iOS and Android. The global revenue of eBooks is expected to reach $15,635 million in 2021, with an annual growth rate of 3.18%, estimating $17,723 million by 2025. It supports reflowable ePUB content.

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

According to UNESCO, global demand for higher education is expected to grow from 100 million students currently to 250+ million by 2025. It seems that technical training is less relevant here than e-learning course design. Naturally, technology plays a central role in scaling quality education supply to meet this demand.

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Funding Year 2021 E-rate Application Window is Now Open

eSchool News

Funds For Learning announces that the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) opened the E-rate filing window on January 15, 2021, and will accept applications until March 25, 2021. The 24th year of the E-rate program enters a new phase of regulations intended to increase equity and streamline the application process.

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When a Pandemic Upends Labor Markets, Will a New Workforce ISA Fund Work?

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A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for dental offices, toy shops and other clients. Workforce, Interrupted SDWP officials initially hoped that by 2025, repayments from graduates will be enough to cover the cost of offering ISAs to future students.

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Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

The Hechinger Report

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Not this specific conversation, of course, but ones like it. Often, they fail.

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Mission (Almost) Accomplished: Nonprofit EducationSuperHighway Prepares to Sunset

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District technology leaders, she adds, couldn’t fathom that internet service providers would come out and deliver fiber to their schools, much less at affordable rates. billion E-rate program that provides broadband discounts to schools and libraries—along with the U.S. Our value add is largely done.”

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