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.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 9, 2024
It could also help stem the region’s brain drain and alleviate a teaching shortage that has forced the school to hire a growing number of career changers, she added. In 2017, Perry County had the highest opioid abuse hospitalization rate in the nation. Others lack access to broadband internet or can’t afford it.
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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
With support from former Governor Bev Perdue, North Carolina’s schools got access to broadband internet through a statewide education network that connected public schools, universities and community colleges. DigiLEARN , a nonprofit started by Perdue, has continued to help drive that work.
edWeb.net
JUNE 13, 2019
As edtech leaders and stakeholders work to eliminate the homework gap, solutions such as mobile hotspots, low-cost broadband, private LTE networks and even Wifi on buses have the potential to ensure that students have 24/7 access to their education. Sarah Thomas, Ph.D. Howard, Ph.D. Howard, Ph.D.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2018
The school district of Horry County, South Carolina, which counts the majority of its 43,800 students as impoverished, opened three net-zero schools in 2017, one in 2018 and has one more under construction. RELATED: A school district is building a DIY broadband network.
Edsurge
MARCH 13, 2019
However, this lag began to erode when the rise of cloud computing made it possible for edtech startups to flood the market with educational applications, the expansion of broadband internet gave those apps an easy distribution channel into campuses, and an increasing number and variety of mobile devices provided them an in-school abode.
Doug Levin
OCTOBER 16, 2017
12 October 2017. Levin was executive director of the State Educational Technology Directors Association during the rollout of ConnectED, the Obama administration’s initiative to bring high-speed broadband internet and educational technology to schools. As quoted in: Schwartz, Sarah. Education Week.
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