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Ensuring Access to Robust Broadband for ALL Students

Doug Levin

Benjamin Herold of Education Week has put together a real cracker of a series on the challenges of ensuring school broadband access in rural communities – and how E-rate (pre- and post-modernization) is helping to address the situation.

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Raising Bids to Raise the Bar in Edtech

eSchool News

Their agenda includes: Ensuring ample funding for educational technology, enhancing the effectiveness of the E-rate program, safeguarding the privacy and security of student data, and fostering digital equity. As part of #CoSN2024, the Advocacy Auction raises money for those efforts. Last year the event raised over $80K.

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5 Ideas to Improve Rural Education in America

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Daisy Dyer Duerr @DaisyDyerDuerr reimagines what rural education can be. Rural education has a significant majority of perpetually impoverished counties in America. Additionally, only 55% of rural America has broadband access versus 94% of urban America. The need for more rural education advocacy.

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The Challenges of Broadband Access in Rural Schools

edWeb.net

Rural school districts face many unique trials, and access to educational technology is no different. First, the presenters agreed that while there are multiple potential uses for school technology, their main goal is to provide students with a competitive education. But the obstacles aren’t just about location.

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Progress Made on K–12 Connectivity, But Work Remains

EdTech Magazine

Teachers and students are well on their way to fulfilling the mission of seeing 99 percent of all schools connected to next-generation broadband, according to the “2018 State of States Report” from EducationSuperHighway. According to the agency’s 2018 Broadband Deployment Report , 88 percent of U.S. That’s the good news.

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Partner Spotlight: United Way of Greater Cincinnati

Education Superhighway

One cohort member, the United Way of Greater Cincinnati (UWGC), has been advancing ACP advocacy work in southwest Ohio and the tri-state area. By 2025, we aim to increase digital access by 5 percent, with a particular focus on families with low incomes. We also work in partnership with the state’s broadband office, Broadband Ohio.

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The looming threat that could worsen the digital divide

eSchool News

For more news on E-rate, visit eSN’s IT Leadership page In an era where technology plays a pivotal role in education, the expiration of the E-rate program’s Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) funding poses a significant threat to underserved schools and libraries.