Education Superhighway

APRIL 1, 2020

On April 1, 2020, the FCC announced extensions of several key E-rate deadlines to provide relief to program participants affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Extends the service delivery deadline for non-recurring services for Funding Year 2019 by one year, from September 30, 2020, to September 30, 2021. Resources to support you.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s no great overstatement to say that the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to rollback net neutrality protections has shaken the education community’s faith in open and equitable internet access for all students. But the tea leaves for E-Rate are pretty positive actually.

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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. Still, more than $1 billion in E-rate funding is left on the table each year.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The first version was released in 1996, and the most recent speed upgrade is USB4, released in 2019, though it is not yet widely implemented. On the other hand, USB-C simplifies things considerably, with fully reversible, bi-directional power capabilities and better data rates. had a data rate of 1.5 USB: The Basics.

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2023

Community colleges, which have historically served as comprehensive institutions offering associate degrees with transfer articulation agreements to four-year colleges, have also served as workforce drivers through their array of educational credit and non-credit courses. From 1890 to 1940, higher education in the U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Mon, 10/07/2019 - 12:55. The Children’s Internet Protection Act is a Federal Communications Commission regulation that ties E-rate discounts for internet access to schools and libraries meeting certain criteria such as monitoring safety and security, including email and chats. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Digital Citizenship E-rate EdTech Software 190

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

For example, one of the things that we learned was that the majority of Hispanic school districts are twice as likely not to have school libraries as the majority non-Hispanic districts. Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. This is a piece of hard data relating to equity.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The E-rate Category 2 program has been a game changer for school districts across America looking to upgrade their internal networks. Since 2015, 83% of school districts nationwide have received federal E-rate Category 2 funding — a dramatic increase from 14% between 2011 and 2014. Current program set up.

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E-rate Broadband Report Libraries 40

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Halle Award for outstanding middle level educator from NCTE as well as the Friends of Literacy Award from the Nassau Reading Council. TeamMakers: Positively Impacting the Lives of Children through District-Wide Dreaming, Collaborating, and Change , published by Dave Burgess Publishing was published in 2019. Relate to Educate!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Libraries, connectivity, and more are big issues for IT professionals. Here are five key trends that CTOs will be watching and reacting to in 2016: The modernized E-rate program. Since it was established 18 years ago, the E-rate program has focused on connecting schools and libraries to the internet.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? Well, it’s 2019, and most of the schools and universities have already accepted digital textbooks as the future of education. Whitepaper: The State of Digital Content in Global K-12 Education. Create a Digital Library. Download Now!

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eBook E-rate Libraries Software 64

ExcelinEd

APRIL 5, 2019

“To provide students with the education they need to thrive in a globally connected world, we must find ways to design, fund, acquire, and maintain the infrastructure that will make connectivity a reality for every teacher and student in every learning environment.” — edWeb.net (@edwebnet) April 2, 2019.

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Accessibility E-rate Broadband Libraries 28

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2020

NEW ORLEANS — School absences were rare for Lorenzo Elliott, the drum major of the George Washington Carver High School band and an honor roll student with a 96 percent attendance rate. Even with his impressive list of accomplishments, Elliott worried that his education would be derailed. “I Educators can change this,” she said.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

” that by 2019 half of all high school classes will be taught over the internet ; Raised questions about a new study on personalized learning ; Added four new incidents to the K-12 cyber incident map ; and. Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. Strong opinions may be weakly held. I think the latter."

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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

It’s one of the cruelest ironies in education: today’s schools must build and maintain robust high-speed, fiber-optic internet connections. In 2014, the FCC modernized the E-rate program, raising the overall funding cap to about $4 billion, making more money available for schools and libraries.

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E-rate Broadband Survey Analysis 80

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures.

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Libraries Survey E-rate Report 153

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Cayanne Korder, 18, studies in the Red Wing High library before heading to a local hospital for an internship. A foreign language teacher, Lisa Toivonen, has tried to fill in the gap by putting on events to encourage students to consider higher education, but Toivonen’s time and expertise are limited. RED WING, Minn.

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E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2021

(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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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. But Dee said, between fall 2019 and fall 2021, enrollment declined by 2.5

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E-rate Elementary Education Report 119

ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Having one cable for your smartphone, tablet or a portable speakers is big relief that will also hugely reduce e-waste. offer considerable improvements in data transfer rates, with 10 and 20 gigabits per second, respectively. Finally, business and educational presentations are greatly improved by high resolution.

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Technology E-rate Laptops Data 321

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. In addition, the district is providing cybersecurity education to employees and students.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Unfortunately, many schools and districts are still relying on individuals or looking for that magic program rather than developing educational systems that provide a high-quality, modern education for all students. Even before the pandemic and the shift to distance education, learning extended beyond the classroom.

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System Digital Divide E-rate Education 54

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This story also appeared in The Nation The walls of the John Irwin House are more window than anything else, like another space at CSUF designed for formerly incarcerated students: the library’s “study and hangout place,” with its sparkling floor-to-ceiling panes, formally known as the Center for Hope and Redemption.

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E-rate Study Report Accessibility 117

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MARCH 26, 2024

Those questions ask students simply to rate their level of agreement (1 = Strongly disagree to 5 = Strongly agree) on the following statements: So far in this course, I've been challenged intellectually by the content and activities in the course. The combination of two variables can be revealing.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

The jobs that once kept the city prosperous are being replaced by skilled jobs in service sectors such as health care, finance and information technology — positions that require more education than just a high-school diploma, thus squeezing out many of those blue-collar, traditionally middle-class workers. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it.

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E-rate Industry Report Survey 99

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. By Rebecca Koenig From Public School to the Prison System Lopez is now working toward a doctorate in developmental education, but as an undergrad, she majored in theater. The plan was to create personalized education plans for each inmate. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Good for you. But that’s not my job. And honestly, it’s probably not your job either.).

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