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4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives

Neo LMS

A counterpoint to these figures, is also the finding that 70% of teachers assign homework requiring broadband access. Some studies have shown that enabling such households with mobile, rather than broadband, internet creates a more flexible solution, as these types of households tend to relocate more frequently.

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Most students go to a school that meets federal standards for internet speed

The Hechinger Report

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. There is certainly an element of natural market forces that are making broadband more affordable for schools, but our report shows that the cost of internet has declined 40% from 2015 to 2016 — far more than the 10% decline that would be expected.

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“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

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. By comparison, in February 2016, Lawrence School District in Kansas got a discount of nearly 24 percent that dropped a $4.1

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Early Literacy in the U.S.: Building a Pathway to Opportunity for All

Graphite Blog

You can join us for a conversation with Lisa and Michael in our next edWeb webinar on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 1-2 p.m. Learn more. Educators are well aware of the challenges students face in keeping up with the homework and "blended learning" demands of today's classroom. Learn more and register today!

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Early Literacy in the U.S.: Building a Pathway to Opportunity for All

Graphite Blog

You can join us for a conversation with Lisa and Michael in our next edWeb webinar on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 1-2 p.m. Learn more. Educators are well aware of the challenges students face in keeping up with the homework and "blended learning" demands of today's classroom. Learn more and register today!

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

— Digital Promise (@DigitalPromise) February 9, 2016. About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. OcFbxT9ygG pic.twitter.com/QuZSJy3xw1.

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Looking Past COVID: Science Education Post Pandemic

edWeb.net

Limited or no access to the internet has particularly undermined their remote science learning experiences. All students, Krehbiel emphasized, should have universal access to broadband internet. New Meridian is a nonprofit assessment company on a mission to support quality education for all students by fostering deeper learning.