The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Even after service providers launched discounts for broadband services during the pandemic — often targeting online learning — Black Americans across the South saw little change in their access to broadband services. But nowhere is the digital divide larger than in the Black rural South. Add the bill’s $14.25

Broadband 89

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Accessibility 89

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures.

Libraries 150

Libraries Survey E-rate Report 150

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The head of a coalition that advocates for stronger broadband for schools and libraries talks about an FCC plan to allow E-rate dollars to be used for K-12 cybersecurity. The post A New Federal Funding Option to Help Schools Battle Cyberattacks? appeared first on Market Brief.

E-rate 98

E-rate Broadband Libraries Online Learning 98

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

Emergency online teaching. Or just plain online learning. There’s just one problem: millions of students in the country don’t have a reliable way to get online. And among those who do have access, not all have a broadband connection. Remote delivery of instruction. the organization’s executive director.

Accessibility 212

Accessibility Broadband E-rate Smartphone 212

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2020

That means we must prepare now for the potential that colleges and universities that swiftly shifted to online instruction as the pandemic swept through the country and forced campuses to shutter will have to continue, and even ramp up, those efforts in September. Related: A school district is building a DIY broadband network.

Broadband 108

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Libraries 108

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls. If some kids can go home and learn, discover and backfill information, while other kids’ learning stops at school, that’s a huge problem.”. This is an equity issue,” said Bredder. “If

Broadband 92

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 92

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

Finally, there are states that had some version of a law prior to 2020 and proceeded to add provisions to better address the needs of distance learning. of California’s Public Contract Code only addressed online learning in the context of surplus technology and nonprofit computer labs. Jennifer E.

Broadband 148

Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 148