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Essential Guide to Digital Citizenship for CIPA and E-Rate

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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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Building a culture of academic integrity in a remote learning environment

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At Kansas State University, academic integrity violations jumped from 97 cases in the 2019 fall semester to 238 cases in the online-only 2020 spring semester. At University in Florida, compared to the 2019 spring semester, academic integrity violations increased by 65% in the 2020 semester.

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Attitudes About Homeschooling May Get Unexpected Boost From a Year of Remote Learning

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Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey finds homeschooling rates have more than doubled during the pandemic. The Census Bureau finds that between spring 2020 and fall 2020, the percentage of U.S. households in April/May and September/October 2020. Two surveys make it look that way. percent to 11.1 percent to 16.1

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Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

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While Google, Microsoft and Apple have been pursuing their ambitions in K-12 and higher education for more than a decade, Amazon has mostly remained at the sidelines. Before the 2020 pandemic, relatively few students attended hybrid, or fully virtual, schools. And so is Bezos’ $2 billion investment in Montessori-inspired preschools.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

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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. Indeed, $2.3 Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010.

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Groundbreaking Educational Video Conferencing Platform InSpace Raises $6M in Seed Funding

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Narine Hall, data science assistant professor and academic program director at Champlain College,and leading software and video engineer Haykanush Lputyan, launchedInSpace in 2020, sparked by frustrations with how existing virtual meeting platforms limited student-teacher interactions. Educator Testimonials.

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The Rise of eSports in Education: Breaking New Ground

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From 2017-2020, she held an Instructional Coaching Fellowship with Google for Education. And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state. So teachers together and the students that we serve are literally the largest e-sports organization in the country.

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