Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Oregon Cohort Through the leadership of the Oregon Broadband Office, the Oregon-based cohort has held ACP outreach events at housing authorities, libraries, CEP schools, tribal gatherings, and a local arts festival. Want to get involved in 2024? Additionally, 29 governors have indicated that ACP adoption is a priority in their state.

Advocacy 59

Advocacy Broadband Mobility Libraries 59

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. The ESSR funds expire in 2024. Oakland launched OAK Wi-Fi, a broadband program, in late 2020 using $7.7 The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

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.

Broadband 101

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Digital Divide 101

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Here’s what they had to say: In the coming year, K-12 leaders will begin finalizing how they can maximize any remaining ESSER funds ahead of the deadline in 2024 and we can expect clean air solutions to be represented in those obligations. The role of schools in providing accessible and equitable education will come into focus.

EdTech 73

EdTech Learning Industry Data 73

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2021

billion by 2024 to address aging school infrastructure — a figure expected to grow as natural disaster events continue to increase in frequency and intensity. The compromise does provide for electrifying school buses, lead pipe removal and expanded broadband access. The report said Alaska needs to spend about $1.1

Report 98

Report System Broadband Study 98

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.” Via Edsurge : “OER Pioneer David Wiley Predicts All Community Colleges Will Dump Traditional Textbooks By 2024.” More on DeVos’s ed-tech investments in the research section below.

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46