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E-rate insight protects school technology infrastructure

eSchool News

Since then, the program has transformed to help schools and libraries connect to high-speed broadband. Today, nearly three-quarters of K-12 school districts provide internet bandwidth at a minimum rate of 1 megabit per second, according to the 2023 Report on School Connectivity.

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Partner Spotlight: United Way of Greater Cincinnati

Education Superhighway

In September 2023, EducationSuperHighway convened twelve FCC ACP outreach grantees from across the country to participate in an ACP Learning Cohort. We also work in partnership with the state’s broadband office, Broadband Ohio.

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Now is the time to plan for next year’s technology upgrades

eSchool News

In 2020, after the onset of the pandemic, the program was created to provide funding to schools and libraries to purchase eligible equipment and services for students and teachers who lack connected devices, including laptops, tablets, or even broadband access.

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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

Edsurge

billion by 2023. In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books. From 2011 to 2014, U.S. spending on PreK-12 instructional technology steadily ticked upwards, from $2.6 billion to $3.3 Gartner projects that spending on U.S

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. OAKLAND, Calif. The homework gap isn’t new. We piecemealed as much as we could in March and April 2020,” she said.

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

eSchool News

Here’s just a glimpse of what we learned about during FETC 2023: AVer Information Inc. Kajeet introduced Kajeet Private Wireless, its next-gen, cloud-based, private 5G and LTE platform delivering fast, secure, and reliable broadband connectivity for students in remote areas and communities underserved by public wireless options.

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How to raise rural enrollment in higher education? Go local

The Hechinger Report

RootEd took the model to 13 rural Texas high schools this fall and plans to expand to 30 by 2023). Hope Perry, college access counselor for The Ayers Foundation Scholars Program, in the library of Summertown High School in Lawrence County, Tennessee. percent of residents have broadband).

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