Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

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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E-rate Broadband Libraries Advocacy 40

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. Included in the new report and accompanying website are case studies of success stories.

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Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Today, we released our third annual report on the state of connectivity in America’s public schools. According to 2017 data from the Federal Communications Commission: 2 million students and 2.6 billion-per-year E-rate program resources to fulfill this promise. So where do we stand?

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Report E-rate Digital Divide Broadband 40

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2018

A federal report on students’ home access to digital learning resources is months late, and ed-tech groups say the delay is impeding efforts to close the homework gap. “We think there’s a big problem, and we need good data around it,” says CoSN CEO Keith Krueger. “This is critical.”

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Groups Accessibility Report Broadband 49

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. The company is about 60% of the way there, and says it will continue to distribute licenses into 2017.

Adobe 60

Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

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Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 56

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 23, 2017

Last year, EducationSuperHighway delivered a comprehensive report on school connectivity across Massachusetts. The report showed that 47% of students lacked the minimum connectivity (100 kbps per student) necessary for digital learning.

Digital Divide 40

Digital Divide E-rate Secondary Classroom 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

For more than 20 years, the Federal Communications Commission has directed the multi-billion dollar E-rate program, which provides taxpayer-supported construction and service discounts that districts and libraries can use toward internet costs. A quarter of respondents rated the system neither easy nor difficult in the 2017 survey.

E-rate 78

E-rate Broadband Survey Analysis 78

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Photo: Jessica Huseman for 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. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

iPad 78

iPad Broadband Software Company 78

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

Instead, EducationSuperHighway is sunsetting because, well, that’s what Marwell always intended it to do—once the organization reached its expressed goal of connecting 99 percent of K-12 students to high-speed broadband. In 2017, EducationSuperHighway’s annual “State of the States” report declared 94 percent of U.S.

Broadband 108

Broadband E-rate Advocacy Industry 108

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) April 9, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 14 Edition). What does it mean to be an XYZ-certifed educator?

EdTech 191

EdTech E-rate Data Android 191

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) April 9, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 14 Edition). What does it mean to be an XYZ-certifed educator?

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Data Android 150

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

From Apple, Google and Microsoft battling to take over the classroom, to random acts in both K-12 and higher education compromising the private information of millions of vulnerable students, 2017 has been no short of edtech news. And your latest story, Benjamin, focuses on the Federal Communications Commission, and you talk about E-Rate.

Report 95

Report E-rate Technology Education 95

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition). Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5 Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Still more education news from the UK: “ Sam Gyimah replaces Jo Johnson as universities minister ,” The Times Higher Education reports. Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. You must be so proud.

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Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

million students in under-connected schools, according to a new report by the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway , which analyzes data from E-rate applications. E-rate incentives have also encouraged states to put up $200 million in matching funds for fiber in 18 states, mostly under Republican governors and state legislators.

E-rate 68

E-rate Report Broadband Digital Divide 68

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Mareesa Nicosia for The Hechinger Report. Mareesa Nicosia for The Hechinger Report. Phase one was completed in 2017 and cost a reported $250 million. But faster, more affordable broadband could help students navigate the effects of global warming evident in their own backyards.

Broadband 80

Broadband Report Accessibility Video 80

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” ” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. .”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

Wheeler had been a “champion” of net neutrality and E-rate reform, according to Education Week at least, but his replacement, Trump appointee Ajit Pai, seems poised to lead the agency with a very different set of priorities – and those priorities will likely shape in turn what happens to ed-tech under Trump. .”

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

To the entrepreneur who wrote the Techcrunch op-ed in August that ed-tech is “ 2017's big, untapped and safe investor opportunity.” Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.).

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Whether or not the product has failed or enrollments have fallen or the promises were always mostly b t, to this day, the big MOOC companies and their famous founders remain in the headlines: “ Andrew Ng Spreads the Gospel of AI With a New Online School ,” Wired reported.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ ACT and College Board to Offer Free Test-Score Reports for Needy Students.”

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via NPR : “ Betsy DeVos ’ Graduation Rate Mistake.” Via The Hechinger Report : “Why Betsy DeVos ’ vision of education does little to ensure equity.” ” Via The Consumerist : “New Chairman Orders FCC To Abandon Court Defense Of Rule Limiting Prison Phone Rates.”

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

One of the flaws, I think, of much of the reporting on education technology is that it treats “ed-tech” as a product without a politics and without a practice. This reporting treats “ed-tech” as a product built in and by Silicon Valley, not as something built in and by public institutions around the world.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40