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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. By 2025, we aim to increase digital access by 5 percent, with a particular focus on families with low incomes. Q: How does your organization prioritize digital inclusion?

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Kajeet Private 5G™ Platform Launched, Enabling Private Wireless Networks For All

eSchool News

It is estimated that nearly $208B will be spent on private 5G and LTE networks in 2025, according to Harbor Research. Private 5G For All The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of everyone having a broadband internet connection. To learn more about Kajeet Private 5G, visit Kajeet Private 5G Platform. Kajeet holds 40 U.S.

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Education Is the New Healthcare, and Other Trends Shaping Edtech Investing

Edsurge

Private equity and venture funds have invested record sums into the global education sector—$30 billion in the past five years across K-12 and workplace learning. Teachers and administrators are hungry for effective ways to teach social and emotional learning,” says former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

Dr. Gonzales’s district is reaching out to local non-profits for help with the shift to 100% online learning, which cannot be done quickly or cheaply, especially at a time when the district is receiving less state funding. Arati Nagaraj is an education consultant, edtech advisor and school board trustee in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Mission (Almost) Accomplished: Nonprofit EducationSuperHighway Prepares to Sunset

Edsurge

After seven years of coordinated efforts to improve internet access in schools, thereby laying the foundation for digital learning to take root and expand in U.S. can access digital learning in their classrooms (with 2 million to go). So seven years ago, knowing little about school broadband, he dove in.

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Funding Year 2021 E-rate Application Window is Now Open

eSchool News

Funds For Learning announces that the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) opened the E-rate filing window on January 15, 2021, and will accept applications until March 25, 2021. The first cycle will run from FY 2021 through FY 2025, and Applicants can submit applications in any or all Funding Years during this five-year cycle.

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Climate change threatens America’s ragged school infrastructure

The Hechinger Report

Poorly maintained buildings make it harder for kids to learn, research shows , and can cause health problems for both the country’s 50 million students and 6 million staff , who spend a third of their waking hours in schools. The compromise does provide for electrifying school buses, lead pipe removal and expanded broadband access.

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