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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. Related: Most students go to a school that meets federal standards for internet speed. Read more about the Digital Divide.

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Will a new batch of licenses help rural students get online?

The Hechinger Report

In total, the homework gap hits some 12 million school-aged kids nationwide, according to a 2017 congressional report, “ America’s Digital Divide.”. And in many urban communities, broadband access is plentiful but unaffordable to families struggling to make ends meet. Suddenly, this sleepy spectrum became extremely valuable.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

Second International Conference, iTrust 2004, Oxford, UK. 2004, November 6-10). Crossing the digital divide safely and trustingly: How ecologies of learning scaffold the journey. Organizational learning: A socio-cognitive framework. Human Relations, 56 (7), 839-868. The Knowledge Evolution. Hartel, C., & Callan, V.

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A hidden, public internet asset that could get more kids online for learning

The Hechinger Report

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. Zach Leverenz, an advocate for closing the digital divide, on the use of electromagnetic spectrum set aside for education. How can we get it to work for its intended purpose?”.

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The History of the Future of E-rate

Hack Education

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.” million settlement paid by Inter-Tel in 2004 over accusations of rigging the bidding process. That is, Internet speeds of 100 Mbps per 1000 users.) ” Among them: an $8.71

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