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

The Hechinger Report

Bush called for universal broadband access in America by 2007. But if you could see all the information flying around you — from radar to satellite communications to the conversations on social media — it would be unbelievable.”. In 2004, President George W. Spectrum can seem almost magical,” Snider said.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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