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E-rate spending reveals schools’ tech evolution

eSchool News

But thanks to the availability of detailed E-rate data, this sea change is now being recognized. E-rate is the federal government program that provides discounts of up to 90 percent for schools and libraries to bring high-speed internet into their building(s) and create internal networks for online access.

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Here’s a must-do for E-rate applicants

eSchool News

Calling all E-rate coordinators–there is one important step you can take now to ensure a smooth process when the E-rate filing window opens in 2019. The FY2019 Administrative Window opened on October 1, 2018 and is anticipated to close in early January 2019.

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Where Are the School Librarians? New Study Shows 20 Percent Decline In Past Decade

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(SLIDE), a research project through Antioch University Seattle and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, highlights an ongoing decline in the number of districts nationwide with school librarians. As of 2018-2019, about three in ten school districts lacked even a single librarian.

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After Net Neutrality, Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate

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But the tea leaves for E-Rate are pretty positive actually. Rather, it's centered in the popular E-Rate program, which has provided billions of dollars in broadband discounts and infrastructure upgrades to schools and libraries. But the tea leaves for E-Rate are pretty positive actually.”

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$1B in E-rate funding left on the table

Education Superhighway

As the largest education technology program in the country, the Schools and Libraries program (E-rate) has transformed Internet access in our nation’s schools. In 2014, AASA played a lead role in modernizing the E-rate program, advocating for key changes such as: A policy update to make the program broadband-centric; and.

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Why the FCC’s E-rate Makes Funding High-Speed Internet a Slow Crawl

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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. 2018 applications are still in process.)

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K–12 Leaders Weigh Threats and Benefits of Increased Web Monitoring

EdTech Magazine

Mon, 10/07/2019 - 12:55. teenagers, 59 percent , say they have experienced cyberbullying, according to a 2018 report from Pew Research Center. . K–12 Leaders Weigh Threats and Benefits of Increased Web Monitoring. eli.zimmerman_9856. Cyberbullying in particular is a significant problem for K–12 schools. A majority of U.S.