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Progress Made on K–12 Connectivity, But Work Remains

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 02/12/2019 - 11:41. Teachers and students are well on their way to fulfilling the mission of seeing 99 percent of all schools connected to next-generation broadband, according to the “2018 State of States Report” from EducationSuperHighway. According to the agency’s 2018 Broadband Deployment Report , 88 percent of U.S.

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Cox Business Brings High Speed Fiber Connectivity to Historical Jamestowne Island To Provide Virtual Explorations of the James Fort and Archaearium

eSchool News

In attendance and making remarks will be Congresswoman Elaine Luria, who represents Virginia’s second district, Virginia Secretary of Education Atif Qarni and Virginia Chief Broadband Advisor Evan Feinman. However, the site presented a unique challenge: how to modernize the visitor experience while preserving historical richness.

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Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

The Hechinger Report

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Another net-zero elementary school, also designed by VMDO, is to open in 2019. RELATED: A school district is building a DIY broadband network. And as the district keeps growing, Lin is pushing for more. “I

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

edWeb.net

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. Tech Enablers.

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As coronavirus ravaged Indian Country, the federal government failed its schools

The Hechinger Report

If I were a teacher, would I know how to shift to teaching online?”. Related: How one Navajo Nation high school is helping students see a future that includes college. March 30 guidance provided by the BIE on how to implement distance learning was only two pages long and provided mostly generic, boilerplate advice. Stalled Aid.

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