The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Debate about the fairness of online learning tends to revolve around technology access. And there are indeed sharp disparities in home access to computers and reliable broadband service. But equity in online learning is more than simply making sure students have decent technology and fast internet.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 31, 2016

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, approximately 5 of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband internet while at home. In the spring of 2016, the FCC voted to modernize the program to include broadband services for low income families.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Mon, 11/11/2019 - 12:34. Tracy Smith, Parkland’s assistant to the superintendent for operations, spoke with EdTech about the district’s strategies and best practices for improving digital equity and shared her hopes for bringing broadband to every home in the Lehigh Valley region. . keara.dowd_i47Z. by Wylie Wong.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In fact, average fourth and eighth grade math and reading scores fell for most states between 2019 and 2022. In math, fourth graders fell five points nationally since 2019. In 2019, 31 percent were considered below basic level. That’s up from the 2019 results, which showed 34 percent below basic.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2019

Mon, 06/24/2019 - 13:57. Instead of discounts for landlines, for instance, the Federal Communications Commission , which oversees E-rate, shifted its focus to high-speed broadband ( Category 1 funding ) and technology such as firewalls, routers, access points and cabling that bring connectivity to classrooms (Category 2).

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2020

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2020

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

With billion-dollar fundraises on top of billion-dollar valuations , it’s no mystery that the education technology industry is attracting top dollars from investors. Schacht credits the growing availability of broadband internet in schools for helping “get his product into the hands of teachers directly.”

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A type of magic happens when education and technology-driven innovation come together. Essentially, the introduction of technology alone is not innovation. . Without planning, strategy, educator training and support , among other things, the marriage of education and technology won’t work. . investment in educational technology.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

A type of magic happens when education and technology-driven innovation come together. Essentially, the introduction of technology alone is not innovation. . Without planning, strategy, educator training and support , among other things, the marriage of education and technology won’t work. . investment in educational technology.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

EducationSuperHighway today released its annual State of the States report highlighting the major progress that has been achieved to connect nearly every public school classroom to high-speed broadband. million more students to next-generation broadband and, 21,600 more schools to fiber infrastructure. million students and 2.6

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2021

“Being in digital learning, we always talk about the importance of relationships and engagement,” says John Watson, the founder of the consultancy Evergreen Education Group, which started DLAC (pronounced dee-lac ) in 2019, making it one of the newer conferences on the circuit. “I DLAC’s live event portion does come with some caveats. “One

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

While 2019 NAEP scores show just under half of white fourth-grade students were reading at or above proficiency, the number drops to 18 percent , or roughly one in six, for Black students. Recently, NAEP determined a new reading assessment framework aimed at making the test more equitable.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 11, 2019

A version of this post was originally published on April 4th, 2019 on Education Technology. Technology has the power to harness real change and bring education to life. Technology sometimes gives the impression of adding to a workload, rather than easing it. Read more: Don’t forget about pedagogy when chasing technology!

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. In 2019, venture capitalists invested $1.7

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Chief technology officers and IT professionals in the K-12 field have a lot on their collective plates these days, what with the continued proliferation of technology in their schools, new governmental programs and compliance requirements, and the push to effectively integrate their technology in the classroom. Broadband equity.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

As Jamienne Studley and I discussed in a recent Hechinger Report op-ed, the reality is that millions of Americans — in rural and urban areas alike, and including many underrepresented minorities — lack the reliable broadband connections needed to access postsecondary and K-12 education in a nation that remains in partial lockdown.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

This is especially true for K-12 and higher education as schools, colleges, and universities have been forced to close in order to slow the spread of the virus and find alternative, but technologically accessible, ways to reach students–literally. Private LTE is a mobile broadband network deployed to serve a specific organization.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. I think we all knew, even back then, that technology could one day deliver on the long-held dream of helping teachers to differentiate instruction for every student. At the same time, we knew that technology was nowhere near a silver bullet.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Several times a week, Ericka Santiago-Diaz can be found driving around her low-income, underserved school community in New Jersey’s Asbury Park with bags of school supplies, replacement technology, food and donated clothing in the back seat to deliver to students. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The American Indian College Fund’s 2019-20 Student Ambassador cohort. Credit: Caitlin Alysse/American Indian College Fund 2019. Many offer much-needed internet service, providing access to some of the 35 percent of tribal land residents who do not have broadband service. The devastating results have been visible for a long time.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

One big barrier to sustaining education via remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic has been students’ unequal access to advanced technology tools. Any Device Will Do Americans have lots of consumer technology tools to choose from, and they haven’t all made the same selections.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

Print textbooks are the eternal punching bag for the things people think technology should render obsolete. The newest voices in that choir come from Bill and Melinda Gates, who declared that “ textbooks are becoming obsolete ” in their 2019 annual letter. spending on PreK-12 instructional technology steadily ticked upwards, from $2.6

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

In the absence of in-person instruction, educators are being forced to rely on technology more heavily than ever. households with less than $30,000 in income have broadband at home. But a staggering number of families lack access to the digital tools required for learning at home.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

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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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

With the increasing use of technology as a tool for learning, students and teachers need more than basic connectivity. A focus on the technology needs of modern schools and a commitment to collaboration will close help us continue to close the digital divide. That amounts to 284 miles of fiber built across 13 states.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The total amount of screen media time, not including screen time for school or homework, has remained relatively steady between 2015 and 2019 for tweens and is only slightly up for teens. The topline results carry a few surprises.

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ExcelinEd

APRIL 10, 2020

Tennessee Awards $20 Million in Broadband Accessibility Grants . million in broadband accessibility grants that will expand service to support 31,000 unserved Tennesseans in nearly 12,700 rural households and businesses, as reported by The Tennessean on April 6. Kansas State University Launches Remote Learning P-12 Community .

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

based early childhood technology and services developer best known for its GOLD observation-based assessment system and its Creative Curriculum product lines for infants, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Any serious engagement of this demographic with educational technology tools must have a mobile-first strategy in place,” Roden says.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 22, 2019

We are proud to announce our recent partnership with the New Jersey School Boards Association on the New Jersey K-12 Broadband Initiative, and look forward to working together to close the K-12 connectivity gap. School leaders should speak with district technology staff and plan to take advantage of this funding as soon as possible.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 24, 2019

Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) helps us by sharing what the organization sees as the next big trends. 2019/20: The Year Of. Her students use technology to interact with others around the world to solve real-world problems in their community an beyond. Is Culatta right?

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edWeb.net

JUNE 26, 2019

The program will leverage CoSN’s expertise and network of district leaders to help rural districts with the unique challenges and opportunities that they face with acquiring and implementing technology. The program will begin in the 2019-2020 school year. About CoSN. cosn.org.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 16, 2019

USAC recently announced that the Funding Year (FY) 2019 Form 471 filing window opens today Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at 12:00 noon EST and will close on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. We are committed to helping school district leaders with your broadband upgrades at no cost.

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