Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

based early childhood technology and services developer best known for its GOLD observation-based assessment system and its Creative Curriculum product lines for infants, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Today, it celebrates a new milestone with its purchase by Teaching Strategies , a Bethesda, Md.-based Terms of the deal were not released.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. The district lacked a system for tracking how many students weren’t logging on to classes for lack of a working computer, tablet or internet connection at home.

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Education Elements

JUNE 8, 2016

In 2013, the Foundation made a major $5 million investment to start up The Learning Accelerator, a non-profit created to insure that the ecosystem was robust enough and effective enough to power the implementation of high quality blended learning at the classroom level. The Hume Foundation continues to be laser focused on our mission.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Since EducationSuperHighway began, creating digital learning opportunities for all children has motivated us to ensure that digital equity is a nationwide reality in our education system. This is up from just 4 million students in 2013. We have long believed that measuring progress is critical to this mission. So where do we stand?

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Since President Obama’s ConnectED announcement in 2013 in Mooresville, NC , there has been more than $10 billion committed as part of the five-year program to transform American education. These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2016

However, only 18 percent of teachers reported the majority of students have access to the digital tools they need at home, which left those students without access to broadband at a significant disadvantage. So, where does this leave these students and their families? The good news? Cox Communications is one example.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

According to Draper, since 2013, there have been over 500 student data privacy bills proposed in the United States, and this number is expected to double in 2019. ENA delivers robust and reliable broadband, Wi-Fi/LAN, communication, and cloud services to K–12 schools, higher education institutions, and libraries across the nation.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Efforts by the national nonprofit EducationSuperHighway to publicize how much districts pay for broadband have allowed many school systems to negotiate bandwidth deals to get greater capacity for a fraction of the cost. And EducationSuperHighway brought pricing transparency to school district broadband purchasing.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

“The power of technology in a rural system is tremendous, as it is anywhere across the nation,” said Suzanne Lacey, superintendent of Talladega County Schools. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced on DLD that the FCC will double its spending to $2 billion to connect schools and libraries to broadband over the next two years.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2024

. “The role of edtech leaders is rapidly expanding as technology is permeating every aspect of our education system, necessitating their proactive involvement. Since 2013, demands on edtech leaders have surged, yet district resources have not kept pace with these escalating needs,” said Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

They are using digital materials to engage and support instruction by implementing initiatives such as the learning management system, eBackpack, and moving to online and digital materials as a standard practice. The district’s resource selection and purchasing is almost instantaneous as opposed to the curriculum cycle in the past.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

” More important, the state-led procedure views the instructional materials as a system, rather than as individual parts. . “We weren’t really delving into the scope of what instructional materials are and what they could be. And we also were not looking at bringing in technology in any type of meaningful way.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System. Jennifer is passionate about community building and how the public library can be central to a thriving community.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System. Jennifer is passionate about community building and how the public library can be central to a thriving community.

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eSchool News

JULY 11, 2023

Digital Equity Students are less likely to receive support for off-campus broadband access than they were in 2021. During the height of remote learning, 95 percent of districts were providing off-campus broadband, compared to 74 percent of districts this year.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System. Jennifer is passionate about community building and how the public library can be central to a thriving community.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System. Jennifer is passionate about community building and how the public library can be central to a thriving community.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

These rural districts face the four significant challenges: broadband access, funding, people, and understanding the “why.” Broadband access has become more critical in the last year and a half than ever before. CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system technology leaders.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Curating the Best Content for Learning , Spending on education technology is now in the tens of billions dollars as schools push for broadband, computer labs, and 1-to-1 tablets. member, Nicole Lakusta, shares the 21st Century School Systems – Engaging and Inspiring Leaders and Learners event with us. But what about content?

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Now, they are employing creative methods, such as expanding the reach of the school’s broadband so students can do work from the parking lot or in the surrounding area, having off-duty patrol cars become hotspots across the district.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

The organization’s research “aims to transform monolithic, factory-model systems into student-centered designs that educate every student successfully and enable each to realize his or her fullest potential.” The Education Program at the Christensen Institute examines K–12 and higher education issues through the lens of disruptive innovation.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

Also notable is the continuing dip in the number of angel and seed deals, which have fallen from a peak of more than 100 in 2013 to less than half that number in 2018. Breaking down investments by rounds, the lion’s share of the $1.45 billion total is concentrated in later-stage deals. Adoption is one cause for celebration.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

For over a decade, North Carolina has been the site of one of the most sustained, successful initiatives in education: giving all students in all schools access to broadband internet with WiFi in every classroom by 2018. For any complex initiative, having buy-in from all stakeholders across the system is important.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

The message, from Zach Leverenz, founder of the nonprofit EveryoneOn, attacked the Educational Broadband Service (EBS), which long ago granted school districts and education nonprofits thousands of free licenses to use a slice of spectrum — the range of frequencies that carry everything from radio to GPS navigation to mobile internet.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

The High-Tech Headband That Can Make Your Stressed Brain Happy Again The Moon has faster broadband than some parts of the UK A New Approach To Professional Development Is All This Student Data Changing the Way Teachers Teach? Please see the conference strands and consider submitting your proposal soon! Conversations Classroom 2.0

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Pennsylvania judge has banned fraternity Pi Delta Psi from the state for a decade, a punishment for a hazing death in 2013, and an unprecedented step likely to rock the national Greek system.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Trump’s ideas seem to be a reprise of a proposal the NRA put forward back in 2013. Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” Via NPR : “Trump Backs Arming Teachers During Emotional White House Listening Session.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Technology is a system. But it’s her support for charter schools and vouchers that are the signature of her efforts in Michigan, which has the least regulated charter school system. In February, CoSN, the Consortium for School Networking, called broadband access outside of school a “ civil right ” for students.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

But the New York State Attorney General certainly saw otherwise, as is clear in his statement: In 2013, my office sued Donald Trump for swindling thousands of innocent Americans out of ​millions of dollars through a scheme known as Trump University. Via Education Dive : “K–12 system is failing to leverage data.”

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