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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

The broadband gap isn’t only a problem for remote learning. That Broadband Gap Bar? schools had high-speed broadband connections. A different nonprofit, Connected Nation, has picked up EducationSuperHighway’s broadband baton. It estimates another 4,300 districts could be upgraded in the 2020-21 academic year.

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The Digital Divide Has Narrowed, But 12 Million Students Are Still Disconnected

Edsurge

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. As of December 2020, the number of students impacted by the digital divide has narrowed to 12 million.

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Is K–12 Education Ready for 5G?

EdTech Magazine

2020 is just around the corner. Increasing data speeds and responsiveness times by nearly 1,000 percent , a fully functioning 5G network could be a game-changer in the way universities use, manage and set up everything from IoT devices to data-heavy applications like augmented and virtual reality. Wed, 10/31/2018 - 12:13.

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Students Know What They’re Looking for Online. Are Colleges Delivering What They Want?

Edsurge

A recent analysis of federal government data by Jeff Seaman of Bayview Analytics shows that enrollment in on-campus courses fell nearly 11 percent in the past decade and almost 30 percent from 2020 to 2021. or in disadvantaged countries abroad that lack robust broadband options depend on mobile devices to participate online.

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Part 1: Connectivity Resources to Address the Homework Gap

Education Superhighway

You can find Part 2 (Mobile Offers) here and Part 3 (Additional Low-Cost Offers) here. Offering two months of free service to new Access customers who order by April 30, 2020. $5/mo Waiving all home Internet data overage fees. Pausing their data plan for 60 days and giving all customers Unlimited data for no additional charge.

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A ‘New Normal’ Requires New Tools for Attendance and Family Engagement

Edsurge

Mini arrived at the Office of School Culture in Michigan’s Lansing School District in December 2020. Mini immediately organized our scattered data and got to work pushing critical information about attendance to families by sending positive “nudges” via text messages, offering empathetic support and guidance.

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7 Ways to Close the Access Gap

Tom Murray

In places like Albemarle County, Virginia , school leaders have been developing a 4G Network to support their entire community, every day of the year, by 2020. In this Lifeline Modernization Order , the Commission included broadband as a support service in the Lifeline program for those in need.