Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Department of Education 2024 National Educational Technology Plan really sets forth an aspirational vision for how technology could transform learning, says Keith Krueger, CEO of the nonprofit the Consortium for School Networking. There are some attempts to plug the cavernous hole that would leave in funding broadband advances.

Digital Divide 139

Digital Divide EdTech Broadband E-rate 139

Education Superhighway

APRIL 10, 2024

We analyzed all NTIA-approved challenge process plans and rounded up three key recommendations for states still finalizing their Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Initial Proposals to help yield more accurate broadband maps. WHAT IS THE NEW MODIFICATION? WHY INCLUDE THE NEW MODIFICATION?

Broadband 52

Broadband Data Meeting Accessibility 52

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

For example, we originally did not put our devices in cases. If we do not have enough broadband to facilitate seamless learning experiences, our students will suffer. Access: As CIO of OCPS, I am often reminded of the delicate balance that must be maintained between access and security.

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Broadband Guidelines Laptops Accessibility 103

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We We need to change that.”. We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 108

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 108

Education Superhighway

APRIL 12, 2024

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program and the Digital Equity Act (DEA) can achieve maximum impact by prioritizing bringing high-speed home internet to households in unserved and underserved affordable multifamily housing (MDUs). Allocations from the $42.45 households. Why Are We Submitting Challenges?

Broadband 52

Broadband Digital Divide Data Report 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

For a number of years, she’s relied on discount options for broadband so that her own family can connect to the internet. The broadband speed is supposed to be up to 300 gigabytes — considered moderate usage for an American household — but it can run slow because everyone is using it, Tang says. Those resources seem to work.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Digital Divide 95

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools this year, and equity remained front and center, too, continuing conversations around inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. We headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow.

EdTech 69

EdTech Learning Industry Data 69