Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

As the largest education technology program in the country, the Schools and Libraries program (E-rate) has transformed Internet access in our nation’s schools. In 2014, AASA played a lead role in modernizing the E-rate program, advocating for key changes such as: A policy update to make the program broadband-centric; and.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The E-rate program helps schools and libraries access high-speed internet and telecommunications at prices that won’t break the bank. At the end of 2014, the Federal Communications Commission voted to increase funding to the federal E-rate program by $1.5 The vote brought the annual program cap from $2.4 billion to $3.9

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 21st, 2014 In a gentle way, you can shake the world. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

Rather, it's centered in the popular E-Rate program, which has provided billions of dollars in broadband discounts and infrastructure upgrades to schools and libraries. In 2014, the program was modernized, raising the overall annual funding cap to nearly $4 billion. 50 per megabit in 2017, he says.)

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. OAKLAND, Calif. The homework gap isn’t new. We piecemealed as much as we could in March and April 2020,” she said.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

school and library to high-speed internet by helping states and school districts access billions of dollars in the newly modernized federal E-rate program. The reforms resulted in $9 billion being available for high-speed fiber and wi-fi projects at schools and libraries across the country over the next five years.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The E-rate program helps schools and libraries access high-speed internet and telecommunications at prices that won’t break the bank. At the end of 2014, the Federal Communications Commission voted to increase funding to the federal E-rate program by $1.5 The vote brought the annual program cap from $2.4 billion to $3.9

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Register now for our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th, and we'll send you the information on how to either attend the live sessions or watch the recordings afterwards. Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

We're just over a week away from our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th! Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 13, 2016

And to not only seamlessly administer online tests but also enable digital learning in the classroom, schools need robust broadband. Fiber is the only network infrastructure technology that can scale cost-effectively to meet growing bandwidth needs. According to our data, however, nearly 12% of U.S.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. Here are just a few of their stories.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

He toggled his computer between a budget spreadsheet and his color-coded schedule, double-checking figures for an upcoming meeting with his supervisor at CNA Insurance. Engineering students used computer-aided design software to build 15 “Little Free Libraries” and placed them in neighborhoods where libraries and bookstores are scarce.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. But what about content?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

For more than 20 years, the Federal Communications Commission has directed the multi-billion dollar E-rate program, which provides taxpayer-supported construction and service discounts that districts and libraries can use toward internet costs. It’s a lack of understanding of broadband systems that’s creating these problems.”

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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. Dr. Wright serves on the CoSN Superintendent Advisory Panel.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Normally, many rural districts work with local libraries and businesses to provide students with WiFi hotspots. Normally, many rural districts work with local libraries and businesses to provide students with WiFi hotspots.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update June 10th, 2014 Children want the same things we want. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. View here LIVE at 8pm ET.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

Zach Leverenz speaking to students at New York City middle school MS 258 during the New York launch of EveryoneOn, in June 2014. 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.”. Photo: Clay Williams.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. We’re doing everything we can,” says Mr. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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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. In 2014, the FCC undertook a “modernization” plan for E-rate in part to address the changing demand for telecommunications services. Who has benefited?

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” The NMC Horizon Report 2017 – the Library Edition. ” (In Cleveland.).

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” Via Buzzfeed : “Republican Proposal Would Make Trump University Lawsuits ‘Almost Impossible’ ” Via The Washington Post : “ Chance the Rapper is meeting with Illinois ’ governor about education funding. Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I mentioned in the previous article in this series that Palmer Luckey, the founder of the VR company Oculus Rift (acquired by Facebook in 2014), had funded an unofficial pro-Donald Trump group dedicated to “shitposting” and spreading hateful memes about Hillary Clinton. million in E-Rate rebates.). In March, the FCC approved a $9.25

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