Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In 2014, the Federal Communications Commission modernized the E-rate program with the objective of closing the K-12 digital divide within five years. The impact of E-rate modernization is most evident in the acceleration of the pace of upgrades in K-12 broadband networks. Why has E-rate modernization worked so well?

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

E-rate is complicated. But complying with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) -- a requirement of E-rate -- doesn't have to be. It also provides an overview of E-rate, with answers to commonly asked questions about eligibility, services supported, and audits. What is E-rate?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Do all students have access to the internet? The latest statistics come from Connected Nation’s (CN) Connect K-12 Program’s 2023 Report on School Connectivity , released in collaboration with Funds For Learning (FFL). How does lack of internet access affect students? Key points: U.S. org website.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Department of Education is ready to give schools $280 million through two grant programs to help young people access mental health care. In a report released earlier this year, the Annie E. million between 2016 and 2020, the first year of the pandemic, the report finds. The Annie E.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Prior to the pandemic, students participating in College Connect gathered at a local school after school to access applications and resources while receiving support from staff, including the superintendent. Following interviews and selection, the board member—a middle school student—acts as the voice for the district’s student population.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

To inform the Federal Communications Commission in evaluating and refreshing the vitality of the $4 billion program, Funds For Learning announces its eighth annual E-rate Applicant Survey. April 25, 2018) – The Modernization Order that expanded federal E-rate funding to include broadband and internet services will expire in 2020.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

They just weren’t ready for distance learning, and a big part of that was that too many students lacked adequate WiFi access to get to virtual class. Cases like 2020’s Cayla J. Then, there are states that lacked laws prior to 2020, but began responding to the at-home learning requirement with new legislation for future needs.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2020

The Class of 2020 is graduating from a distance. Sadly, though, 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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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Students’ race and ethnicity affect their chances of earning a college degree, according to several new reports on higher education released in January and February 2023. Before the pandemic, white, Black and Hispanic Americans were enrolling in college at about the same rates, especially when unemployment was high and jobs were hard to find.

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techlearning

JUNE 26, 2018

In order to provide direct feedback to the FCC and understand how E-rate funding can best serve applicants, Funds For Learning releases its annual E-Rate Trends Report. Applicant survey results reveal that schools and libraries remain reliant on E-rate funding to provide and sustain broadband connectivity.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

caption here Chart from "Understanding Equity Gaps in College Graduation," Urban Institute, January 2020. The Urban Institute researchers calculated graduation rates by race and ethnicity in Virginia and Connecticut and found that white and Asian students graduate at higher rates than black and Latino students at most colleges.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 31, 2023

Marraccini, an associate professor of school psychology at UNC’s School of Education Now, as the rate of young people experiencing mental health distress climbs, with in-patient mental health hospitalizations rising by more than 120 percent between 2016 and 2022 according to one measure, the need for school support programs has grown.

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2023

America’s Workforce Dilemma During the 2019-2020 academic year, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in 2022 nearly 3 million fewer Americans were participating in the labor force compared to February of 2020. birth rate has been declining since the 1970s. economy reporting the addition of 4.8 On the institution side, Jennifer E.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Today, we released our third annual report on the state of connectivity in America’s public schools. 5 million students remain on the wrong side of the digital divide, still lacking access to high-speed Internet. billion-per-year E-rate program resources to fulfill this promise. Why Digital Equity Matters.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2021

Fifteen state flagships had at least a 10-point gap between the percentageof Black public high school graduates in their states in 2019 and the Black share of freshmen they enrolled that fall, according to federal data analyzed by The Hechinger Report and The Washington Post. Pines, who took office in 2020. Recruitment and enrollment.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 14, 2017

One of the most important features of E-rate is that it allots $3.9 To date, only 50% of that available E-rate funding has been utilized. Since over 10,000 schools nationwide still report insufficient Wi-Fi, and Category 2 funding is not guaranteed indefinitely, it’s important for districts to spend their funding by 2020.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Globally, edtech spending is predicted to reach $252 Billion by 2020. CIPA requires schools and libraries to install measures to protect children from obscene or harmful content in exchange for discounts offered by the E-rate program. Parents are engaged via student activity reports on school-owned devices. Indeed, $2.3

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

EducationSuperHighway wanted 99 percent of students to have that level of bandwidth by 2020. The early finish hasn’t changed the organization’s planned closing date of August 2020. And Marwell wants all of them to experience the types of teaching and learning high-speed internet access facilitates.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The combined impact of demographic changes, accountability measures, and special education requirements have created numerous challenges for educators and administrators in recent years, which were further complicated by the pandemic and societal issues during 2020. Moderated by Dr. Flavia E. Key Trends and Their Impacts.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Steve Friess for The Hechinger Report. Steve Friess for The Hechinger Report. Steve Friess for The Hechinger Report. schools are considered rural, according to a 2017 report from the Rural School and Community Trust. RED WING, Minn. Then, on the eve of her junior year, Toivonen connected Korder with College Possible.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2022

in library, archival, and information science from The University of British Columbia in 2020. She is certified through the IAPP as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), Privacy Management (CIPM), and US and EU Privacy Law (CIPP/US, CIPP/E) and as a Data Privacy Solutions Engineer through ISACA. She completed her M.L.I.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 4, 2022

in library, archival, and information science from The University of British Columbia in 2020. She is certified through the IAPP as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), Privacy Management (CIPM), and US and EU Privacy Law (CIPP/US, CIPP/E) and as a Data Privacy Solutions Engineer through ISACA. She completed her M.L.I.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2017

Like the other proposals, however, Cuomo’s will require a large amount of public funds that in the end will likely have little impact on increasing postsecondary education attainment rates in the Empire State. Cuomo’s true desire may be to position himself for a presidential run in 2020, rather than to help solve the college cost conundrum.”.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for dental offices, toy shops and other clients. On March 16, 2020, he completed the last of his five classes to earn his certificate in business intelligence, eager at the prospects of a new career.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Today, over 2.9

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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. And kids double down on digital reading—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. adults lost their main source of internet access as libraries started to shut down in March 2020.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Today, over 2.9

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

But that decades-long ban will end this summer, thanks to legislation passed in 2020. Credit: James Bernal for The Hechinger Report A significant percentage of these new students will face such substantial barriers that they won’t return for a second semester. I was like, ‘Yeah, I gotta get more of these; I gotta get into college.’

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In 2020, Baltimore County Public Schools was hit with a cyberattack that disrupted the district’s remote learning programs, froze its operations and cost the school system nearly $10 million. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter The post Cybercriminals come for schools — and schools aren’t ready appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Since the shift to remote learning in spring 2020, schools in the U.S. These one-time gifts from billionaires and multinational corporations are welcomed by most schools, but they are not enough to close gaps in access to learning technologies nor ultimately a sustainable financing solution for technology infrastructure.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The Federal Communications Commission has issued a highly anticipated Report and Order (12/3/2019), that makes notable and permanent changes to E-rate rules for Category Two funding applications. So, what’s happening for FY 2020? The “Gap Year”: FY 2020.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

E-commerce purchases of all types have surged. This is already evident in the latest national job-market data, which shows a 15 percent unemployment rate for high school graduates with no college and 13 percent for those with some college or an associate degree—compared to 7 percent for individuals with a bachelor’s or higher.

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Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Thirty-six said they did not have adequate internet access. school districts’ reports on their readiness for online testing. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

After seven years of coordinated efforts to improve internet access in schools, thereby laying the foundation for digital learning to take root and expand in U.S. In 2017, EducationSuperHighway’s annual “State of the States” report declared 94 percent of U.S. can access digital learning in their classrooms (with 2 million to go).

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Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

However, many students find themselves stuck on the cost and perceive it as the primary determinant of their access to education. Reasons for Hike in Education Expenses According to the 2017 research report of College Board, tuition fee in colleges at four-year private and public colleges have increased by 36%.

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