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Satellite Broadband Is Expanding. Can That Reduce the Digital Divide?

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Each of the satellites will offer more than one terabyte per second of total network output, a thousand times the capacity of the company's first generation satellites, which the company says will allow educators and students across the country to connect “significantly” better.

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7 Ways to Close the Access Gap

Tom Murray

Last year, I wrote the post, “ Can Companies Like Facebook Help Close the Access Gap? In March 0f 2016, the FCC adopted a comprehensive reform and modernization of the Lifeline program. In this Lifeline Modernization Order , the Commission included broadband as a support service in the Lifeline program for those in need.

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Learning As We Go: Looking Back on the EdSurge 2016 ‘State of Edtech’ Report

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Check out what your local school pays for broadband here. Part Two: The Funding Figuring out how to fund the development of education technology continued to be complex: Investors in US edtech startups hit a high-water mark in 2015 with US companies raising $1.45 In 2016, that edtech figure looks like it will be closer to $1.03B.

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A Bootcamp Down Under: Trilogy Education Extends University Tech Training Globally

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As technology companies from Google to Salesforce plant roots in Australia, government and business leaders down under are trying to figure out ways to train students and workers to keep up with a changing workforce. company thinks it can help prepare the country’s future programmers. In the U.S.,

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Millions of Students Are Still Without WiFi and Tech—Why Haven’t Policymakers Stepped Up?

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These new amendments require the State Superintendent to survey education institutions to understand students' access to computing devices and broadband connections. The FCC’s E-Rate program , a K-12 broadband subsidy, provides methods for districts and libraries to acquire discounts on WiFi connectivity. Jennifer E.

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CatchOn Joins the Education Networks of America Family of Companies

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JUNE 26, 2018 In a move that enhances its mission of supporting education institutions and libraries, Education Networks of America ® (ENA) today announced that Dallas-based education technology company CatchOn, Inc has joined the ENA family of companies. ZMC is currently investing out of ZMC II, L.P. Canada, and around the world.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors. SIIA also created an “incubator” program in 2006 to support early-stage education companies, long before the idea became popular in the edtech industry. billion in U.S.

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