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Revised Federal Edtech Plan Calls for Closing Digital Divides

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The plan was first released to fulfill the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 and last revised in 2016. The plan separates technological divides — barriers that block some students from full participation — into access, design and use. These reports, some observers believe, mark a thoughtful step toward ensuring digital equity.

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E-rate funding toolkit aims to make applying easier

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Common Sense, SETDA unveil toolkit to help states, schools apply for billions in federal aid under the E-rate program modernization. A new E-rate funding toolkit from Common Sense and SETDA explains the changes to the federal program, available funding, and best ways to apply for it.

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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

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With the movement for no-tuition community college gaining momentum in more states and earning top billing in President Biden’s education agenda , experts in college access and affordability advise caution about using that potent four-letter word: f-r-e-e. There’s no free-and-reduced lunch at college. It’s understandable.

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Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

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And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds

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Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. Unstable Economies Impact E-Learning Market. percent and negative 1.1

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

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” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. FY 2016 $0 (President Obama’s request: $200,000,000). Technology Literacy Challenge Fund.

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

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And the reason that it is so important to us, is because there is a lot of documentation that is not out there anywhere else. It’s a statistic that now we can put out there because we have documented evidence. It was never documented. Now we have documented evidence that that’s not exactly true. 2021, July).

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