The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Federal licenses to use spectrum that can carry mobile internet are a hot commodity, coveted by big telecommunications companies with money to spend at the periodic spectrum auctions conducted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). We have this perfect alignment of stars. Suddenly, this sleepy spectrum became extremely valuable.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

It’s out of the ordinary when Nearpod buys a company. Today it’s adding Flocabulary, to bring hip hop to the library. Combined, the two companies claim they will reach more than 7 million U.S. Through this deal, Nearpod will add one of the more unique, coveted collections of online educational resources to its library.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 16, 2022

After getting a master’s degree in nuclear fusion (MIT), Kelly held engineering and marketing roles at various technology companies. While volunteering at an afterschool code club at the library, he got excited about the power of self-learning. He started a microschool around his kitchen table in January 2018.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

But you can own access to the full library by buying the Summit all-access pass, which is $99, a $50 savings from the price after the 25th. is the Chairman and CEO of Socratic Arts, a company that delivers Story-Centered Curricula to businesses and schools. In 2004, she started her Rethinking Learning blog in My eCoach.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

Meanwhile, millions of American students trek to public libraries and fast-food restaurants to get online after school, or they go without — a problem known as the “homework gap.”. In 2004, President George W. Then, in 2004, the FCC changed the allowed use of the educational spectrum from TV to internet, and ITFS became EBS.

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Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

E-rate is the name commonly used to describe the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, established as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. As an op-ed in The Washington Post put it , “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.”

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