Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The plan was first released to fulfill the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 and last revised in 2016. These reports, some observers believe, mark a thoughtful step toward ensuring digital equity. There are some attempts to plug the cavernous hole that would leave in funding broadband advances.

Digital Divide 154

Digital Divide EdTech Broadband E-rate 154

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Her district of Garfield County has provided a computer to every student since 2016. And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons. That’s why district leaders are eager to pilot an ambitious, statewide broadband initiative.

Broadband 83

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 83

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

John Harrington, Funds for Learning Among the groups commenting on the issue, both ISTE and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) raised the possibility that digital education providers can pay to deliver their content more quickly, and wondered aloud if the move would deepen the digital divide.

E-rate 82

E-rate Broadband Digital Divide Libraries 82

eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2016

A recently-approved expansion of an FCC program will grant millions of low-income households a discount on internet access in an effort to help close what is becoming known as the digital divide — the lack of reliable high-speed internet access for lower income families.

Broadband 40

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Meeting 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

on February 23, 2016, an incendiary email landed on a nonprofit listserv, blasting a federal program that many of the listserv’s members rely on to bring high-speed internet to low-income and rural Americans. This issue [the ‘homework gap’] constitutes a new civil right: the right to digital equity.”. Shortly before 1 a.m.

Broadband 89

Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 89

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

As an op-ed in The Washington Post put it , “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” A $3 million settlement paid by the New York City DOE in 2016 over accusations of mishandling the bidding process. That is, Internet speeds of 100 Mbps per 1000 users.)

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49