The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

In 2015, 47 percent of K-12 teachers and almost two-thirds of K-5 teachers reported using game-based learning environments in their classes, up from 23 percent of K-12 teachers in 2010. T he 2015 Speak Up survey findings are the latest in a series of reports released each year by the Irvine, Calif.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

And today, the organization that helped Hering’s district reach its bandwidth goals released Compare & Connect K-12 , a new free tool that CEO Evan Marwell says will help provide high-speed broadband at lower costs for school leaders looking to amp up students’ digital access. “We They turned to E-rate, the $3.9

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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. This post is sponsored by Samsung. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own. ConnectHome.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2018

But what was once the gold standard for high speed is now barely enough to keep pace with modern learning environments, according to Evan Marwell, CEO of the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway , which released its annual State of the States report Tuesday. students with access to at least 100 kbps of broadband has increased from 4 million to 44.7

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. The report highlights the pivotal role state leaders and policymakers play in helping districts and schools implement high-speed broadband and wi-fi in schools. K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

Despite various efforts by states and school districts to close the gap during the past year, 15 percent of children from families with incomes below the national median of $75,000 a year are still without fast and reliable home internet access, according to a new report from New America and Rutgers University. An additional $7.17

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

EducationSuperHighway today released its annual State of the States report highlighting the major progress that has been achieved to connect nearly every public school classroom to high-speed broadband. At the same time, the report cites the urgent need to close the digital divide for 2.3 million students and 2.6

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

I mined their 2017 report for some details to guide our thinking on the digital divide with regard to education. Unless you’ve been living on the moon for the last decade you will also know that mobile is booming: the statistics bare this out with a 20% year-on-year increase in the uptake of mobile broadband (data) subscriptions.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2015

How K-12 school districts can help extend broadband access to their surrounding communities. And while many Americans do have high-speed broadband at home, such capabilities are not ubiquitous. Driving the Need for Reliable Broadband. Michael Flood, vice president of strategy at Bethesda, Md.-based

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2015

As digital tools play an increasingly larger role in learning, states are targeting school broadband access for all students. As high-speed broadband internet becomes critical for student success in and beyond the classroom, a number of state education leaders are forging partnerships to strengthen school broadband throughout their districts.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2024

Credit: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report Neither of those options is feasible — or even conceivable — for many residents of Hazard, a close-knit community of just over 5,000 tucked into the hills of Southeast Kentucky. But the council concluded in its report that each of those alternatives was “in some way problematic.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

We called it “The State of EdTech: Forces and Trends Shaping K12 Edtech” report. Check out what your local school pays for broadband here. In 2015, for instance, the bulk of the funding went to later stage companies.) In our fourth installment of this report , we dove into more than a dozen examples of how school are changing.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 19, 2014

This past spring, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced a partnership between the state of Virginia and EducationSuperHighway to work toward ensuring that all Virginia public schools have equal and affordable access to broadband technology. Virginia was one of two states that we selected to participate in a state broadband project in 2014.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Common Sense is weighing in on kids’ use of media in a detailed new report this week. The report, “ The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens ,” updates a 2015 study by the same name from the nonprofit organization. Only 23 percent of them report watching YouTube Kids.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Today, we released our annual State of the States report: The classroom connectivity gap is closed and we are proud to announce that the classroom connectivity gap is now closed. Since 2015, school districts have invested nearly $5 billion in K-12 Wi-Fi networks. Explore the full report at stateofthestates.educationsuperhighway.org.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation fund a series of research reports called Teachers Know Best. In 2015 they released a interesting report titled What Educators Want from Digital Instructional Tools 2.0 , that sought out 3100 educators to establish the state of technology integration across K12.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

In 2015, a major report from the research nonprofit RAND found that personalized learning works, confirming many of our hopes. A survey of schools and libraries done by the FCC in 2010 found that 80% reported that broadband services did not “fully meet their current needs.” I talked about mastery learning a lot back then.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2019

Started in 2015, the New York City-based startup works with more than 40 institutions to set up programs primarily in coding, web development and UX/UI. Trilogy Education Services announced today that it is expanding its services to help Monash University in Melbourne, Australia launch a bootcamp-style tech training program. Why Melbourne?

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

But now I can report that these tools have been adopted in thousands of U.S. higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. classrooms from kindergarten through high school.” billion by 2023.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “ As districts became more in tune with these issues in 2015, the move to Chromebooks continued to grow. With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Commit to Long-term Sustainability.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2016

Through Compare & Connect K-12, school district technology directors and superintendents can easily view broadband pricing and bandwidth information for school districts across the country. Users can explore bandwidth speeds and compare broadband service pricing with nearby school districts in a specific location or across the country.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Back in her home state, Roden says what helped her company grow was legislation passed by Texas in 2015 requiring school districts and charter schools to implement family engagement plans to help schools involve families and improve family attitudes toward education. The report also found that preschool enrollment nationwide grew slowly.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Improving network speed and capacity and increasing competition for broadband services remain significant challenges to districts as well, the survey reveals. Additionally, school systems with high monthly costs (over $50 per Mbps) for internet bandwidth decreased from 32 percent in 2014 to 19 percent in 2015. a/b/g/n/ac).

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The Federal Communications Commission has issued a highly anticipated Report and Order (12/3/2019), that makes notable and permanent changes to E-rate rules for Category Two funding applications. ALL applicants, even those who started spending Category Two funding in 2015, will be able to continue using that funding in 2020.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Today, we released our fourth annual State of the States report: Expanding Digital Learning to Every Classroom, Every Day and we are proud to announce that 40.7 More highlights from this year’s report: The number of students with access to the broadband they need for digital learning grew from 4 million in 2013 to 44.7

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

However, this lag began to erode when the rise of cloud computing made it possible for edtech startups to flood the market with educational applications, the expansion of broadband internet gave those apps an easy distribution channel into campuses, and an increasing number and variety of mobile devices provided them an in-school abode.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Justin Reich, Executive Director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, and I summarized this existing evidence in our report that resulted from the series of meetings this past year, “ From Good Intentions to Real Outcomes: Equity by Design in Learning Technologies.” Equitable: An analysis by John Hansen and Justin Reich of U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

billion, matching the previous high for the single-year funding total of this decade, set in 2015. There’s a notable difference between 2018 and 2015, however. In 2015 there were 165 deals, versus just 112 in 2018. Last year, U.S. education technology companies raised $1.45 The funding total in 2018 also eclipsed the $1.2

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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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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

Nearly nine out of 10 school districts meet the federal government’s minimum standard for internet connectivity – a significant increase from 2013, when only 30 percent met that level, according to a report released Tuesday by a California-based nonprofit organization. The report breaks down progress by state. Absolutely.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

This story is a part of Learning from Lockdown , a series about education solutions in the pandemic, produced in partnership with the Education Labs at AL.com , the Dallas Morning News , Fresno Bee and Seattle Times partnered with The Christian Science Monitor , Hechinger Report and Solutions Journalism Network. Oliver Robinson.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

When administrators in Ohio’s Mentor Public Schools were buying MacBooks during the 2015-16 school year, the local Best Buy was offering a lower price than Apple, even after the company’s standard discount for school districts. Photo: Jessica Huseman for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. percent.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Since 2015, 83% of school districts nationwide have received federal E-rate Category 2 funding — a dramatic increase from 14% between 2011 and 2014. Starting in Funding Year (FY) 2015, each school site received a pre-discount budget of $150 per student or a minimum budget of $9200 to spend on eligible Category 2 equipment and services.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

September 14, 2015. The Office of the Governor and the Montana Office of Public Instruction have partnered with EducationSuperHighway to bring high-speed broadband to every school in Montana. We are excited to receive the support of ESH to help us meet new bandwidth targets.”.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The company reported revenue of 14 billion rupees (about USD$196.89 He offered online live and video classes through broadband and satellite to teach students beyond the centers’ walls. It would report revenue of about $2 million for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, according to TechCircle. million) this fiscal year.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2015

To begin this exploration, it's important to first review the most recent research on student access to broadband and devices in the home. Approximately 70 percent of teachers assign homework that requires access to broadband. The good news: Most American homes with school-age children do have broadband access -– about 82.5

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