Broadband, Digital Divide and Education

How our ACP Contact Center Supports Enrollment

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In today’s digital age, access to the internet is more critical than ever. It’s not just a luxury; it’s a necessity for education, job opportunities, and overall well-being. At EducationSuperHighway, our contact center plays a vital role in removing these obstacles, making the program accessible to a broader audience.

Broadband

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Maine Draft State Broadband Action Plan Focuses On Closing Affordability Gap

Education Superhighway

JUNE 28, 2023

This month, Maine became one of the first states to share their draft Broadband Action Plans and companion Digital Equity Plan as part of the $42.45 The state plan pays particular attention to tackling the broadband affordability gap , which makes up two-thirds of America’s digital divide.

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How Free Wi-Fi Can Bridge the Digital Divide in Affordable Apartment Buildings

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

households lack home broadband internet access because they cannot afford to connect. in Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to deploy Free Apartment Wi-Fi programs to address these inequalities. 17 million U.S.

Digital Divide

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Massachusetts is taking action to improve the digital divide in classrooms across the state

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 23, 2017

One year ago we launched the Massachusetts Digital Connections Initiative in partnership with Governor Baker’s Office, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE), and MassIT. Collaborated with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE), MassIT, and the Department of.

Digital Divide

Digital Divide E-rate Secondary Classroom

Students Size Up Edtech’s Dark Side

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Read part 1 , part 2 (about audio) , part 3 (about video) , and part 4 (about mobile tech in education). Gaps opened up by race, income, education and geography drive wedges between technologies and entire populations.

Digital Divide

Digital Divide Social Media Broadband Analysis

Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide.

Digital Divide

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Connecticut Gives Every Student a Computer and Home Internet to Close the Digital Divide

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Even before the pandemic, more than 25 million Americans lacked access to broadband internet. The impetus was really to close that achievement gap and that digital divide.” The broadband needs to follow the kid,” Casey says. “We The state, of course, did not work alone. Completing the Last Mile Now the real work begins.

Digital Divide

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. I think the latter."

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Tools and strategies to make remote learning click for all students

Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

Over the last year or so, remote learning has developed a reputation as a solution to education during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has a vital role in providing access to quality education on a more permanent basis. As an educator, you need to establish strategies that make certain the approach is right for every learner.

Strategy

Strategy Tools Digital Divide Exercises

A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 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.

Learning

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility

Teaching Without Schools: Grief, Then A ‘Free-For-All’

MindShift

APRIL 12, 2020

Most of them have closed, according to a tally by Education Week , and nearly all of the nation’s 56.6 Educators are now shouldering an impossible task: to replicate the functions of school for months without an actual school building. The digital divide is real. ” America’s schools are in crisis.

Elementary

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Maximizing BEAD Funding to Connect MDUs: State Challenge Process

Education Superhighway

APRIL 12, 2024

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program and the Digital Equity Act (DEA) can achieve maximum impact by prioritizing bringing high-speed home internet to households in unserved and underserved affordable multifamily housing (MDUs). Allocations from the $42.45 households. Why Are We Submitting Challenges?

Broadband

Broadband Digital Divide Data Report

Lightspeed Digital Insight™ Recognized as Winner in Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Back to School 2023

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Lightspeed Systems is honored to receive this award for our Digital Insight product,” said Brook McShane Bock, Chief Product & Marketing Officer at Lightspeed Systems. For more information on Lightspeed Digital Insight and the Digital Equity module, please visit [link]. Most importantly, they empower all students to excel!”

Digital Divide

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Case Study: Chicago Connected

Education Superhighway

JULY 31, 2020

With the possibility of remote learning returning this fall, the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the philanthropic community, and leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) recognized a historic opportunity to eliminate broadband accessibility as a barrier to digital learning. On June 25, 2020, Mayor Lori E.

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Case Study Study Digital Divide Broadband

What It Might Look Like to Safely Reopen Schools

MindShift

APRIL 24, 2020

Among the biggest, says Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union, is this: “Is it safe and healthy for my kids to pack them into that classroom?” Norway started with kindergartens, and Israel with special education kindergartens. Staggered schedules.

Digital Divide

Digital Divide Broadband Groups Policies

5 Things We’ve Learned About Virtual School During the Pandemic

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

For this story I talked to educators in six states, from California to South Carolina. The digital divide is still big and complex. Lee at Brookings is working on a book about the digital divide, and she says it’s multidimensional. There’s housing: Lose your home and you lose your broadband connection.

Digital Divide

Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband

As School Year Approaches, Parents and Educators Struggle with Uncertainty

MindShift

JULY 10, 2020

In June, Missouri cut K-12 education funding by more than $100 million amid the pandemic-induced recession. Education leaders have said schools may need more than $200 billion in new federal education funding to stop these gaps and meet the new need. And parents and educators are finding it hard to make decisions in the murk.

Education

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How our ACP Contact Center Supports Enrollment

Maine Draft State Broadband Action Plan Focuses On Closing Affordability Gap

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How Free Wi-Fi Can Bridge the Digital Divide in Affordable Apartment Buildings

Massachusetts is taking action to improve the digital divide in classrooms across the state

Students Size Up Edtech’s Dark Side

Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

Connecticut Gives Every Student a Computer and Home Internet to Close the Digital Divide

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Tools and strategies to make remote learning click for all students

A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

Teaching Without Schools: Grief, Then A ‘Free-For-All’

Maximizing BEAD Funding to Connect MDUs: State Challenge Process

Lightspeed Digital Insight™ Recognized as Winner in Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Back to School 2023

Case Study: Chicago Connected

What It Might Look Like to Safely Reopen Schools

5 Things We’ve Learned About Virtual School During the Pandemic

As School Year Approaches, Parents and Educators Struggle with Uncertainty

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