eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

Meeting with other education technology and instructional leaders affirmed how multi-faceted and critical digital sustainability is for school districts right now. Given our district’s size, we distributed devices to 30 or 40 schools at a time beginning in 2014/2015. In August 2023, I transitioned from teaching and learning to IT.

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Broadband Guidelines Laptops Accessibility 104

Tom Murray

AUGUST 31, 2016

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, approximately 5 of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband internet while at home. In the summer of 2015, the U.S. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own. ConnectHome. Kent School District, Washington.

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Accessibility Broadband Case Study Guidelines 242

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

In 2017, the same survey reported 44 percent of respondents found the EPC portal “difficult to use,” compared with 50 percent in 2015 and 2016. Even more troublesome than the delays are flat-out denials, says Evan Marwell, CEO of EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit that advocates for improved broadband in schools. 1 target date.

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E-rate Broadband Survey Analysis 73

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

“Obama administration guidelines for LGBT student protections under Title IX remain in place, and the student codes at Liberty and Bob Jones Universities appear to violate them,” says Inside Higher Ed. .” Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” ” More via The New York Times.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

According to the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, digital equity is a “condition in which all individuals and communities have the information technology capacity needed for full participation in our society, democracy, and economy.” The phrase “information technology” represents access, or a lack thereof, to digital infrastructure.

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Digital Divide Broadband Education Accessibility 191

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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Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 87