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Free School Broadband Comparison Tool
techlearning
MARCH 5, 2018
Updates to the school broadband comparison tool make finding what neighboring and similar school districts are paying for broadband services even easier.
Ensuring Access to Robust Broadband for ALL Students
Doug Levin
NOVEMBER 19, 2015
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.
Report: Broadband access making ‘dramatic’ progress
eSchool News
JANUARY 19, 2017
took bipartisan action to upgrade their schools in 2016, with 5 states connecting 100 percent of their students to high-speed broadband. “It’s Next page: Better broadband affordability). Digital Learning and Tools IT Management IT Newsletter Networking & Broadband News
Ideas For Providing Internet Access At Home
The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 7, 2016
When I was an Instructional Technology Director one of the challenges I faced was working to ensure that students, no matter where they lived in my district, had access to the same tools and opportunities. There are many barriers and factors to providing that access.
SETDA Urges FCC to Protect School Broadband Access
SETDA Says
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
On December 14, the Federal Communications Commission will vote, on a Declaratory Report and Order, and a second Order that together will eliminate the agency’s Net Neutrality regulations.
Ensuring Access and Opportunity; Supporting At Home Connectivity
Tom Murray
AUGUST 31, 2016
According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, approximately 5 of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband internet while at home. The data also makes it evident that low-income households – especially our black and Hispanic families – make up a disproportionate percentage of the 5 million families without access. For more on how your district can support students’ at home access, visit FCC.gov.
A school district is building a DIY broadband network
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 12, 2017
But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls. They’re building their own countywide broadband network.
Broadband For All
The Web20Classroom
MARCH 26, 2010
Or when students go home they don''t have access to high speed Internet. I live in a pretty populated part of central North Carolina so access to high speed internet isn''t really a problem. The FCC recently unveiled the National Broadband Plan which aims to bring high-speed Internet into every home and school in the country. While reading about this plan I got into a conversation with a member of the Broadband For America Group. Broadband
Rural Broadband Month: Encouraging Equal Access to Digital Learning
Education Superhighway
AUGUST 1, 2017
Building out the infrastructure to support high-speed Internet access requires multi-layered collaboration between state and district leaders, school administrators, and service providers. students equal access to a robust, modern education, regardless of their socioeconomic background.
Rural Broadband Month: Encouraging Equal Access to Digital Learning
Education Superhighway
AUGUST 1, 2017
Building out the infrastructure to support high-speed Internet access requires multi-layered collaboration between state and district leaders, school administrators, and service providers. students equal access to a robust, modern education, regardless of their socioeconomic background.
Personalized learning, broadband equity in rural areas fraught with hurdles
FETC Converge
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
By Emily Ann Brown, Education Daily® At the State Educational Technology Directors Association 2017 Leadership Summit, a number of E-rate coordinators and technology directors agreed that rural schools are falling behind their more urban and suburban counterparts in providing broadband access and personalized learning to K-12 students. More … Uncategorized broadband infrastructure high-speed broadband Internet access personalized learning
Arkansas launches $13M school broadband upgrade
eSchool News
MAY 3, 2015
States take critical look at broadband infrastructure and its capacity to support 21st-century learning. As school broadband access becomes critical for student success, states are beginning to evaluate their broadband infrastructure to determine if upgrades and modernization are necessary.
FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband
Marketplace K-12
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
The FCC has halted a policy that would allow some companies to provide subsidized broadband to low-income households, with the agency's new chair saying he wants to ensure the program is free of waste, first. The post FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband appeared first on Market Brief. Marketplace K-12 Broadband/Web Access business Federal Communications Commission (FCC
Rural Districts Face Challenges and Opportunities with Technology Access
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 2, 2018
By Marie Bjerede Taking the digital leap requires broadband access, proper funding and the right people on board. Access Points Bandwidth Management Ethernet Networking Routers Wi-Fi Wireless
Report reveals surprising data about mobile broadband usage in schools
eSchool News
MARCH 12, 2018
A recent Mobile Beacon report analyzing mobile broadband usage by non-profit organizations, including schools, finds that schools utilizing Mobile Beacon’s 4G LTE internet service indicate that the ability to supplement and/or extend existing school networks is the greatest benefit of the service.
FCC approves $9 broadband subsidy for low-income households
eSchool News
MARCH 31, 2016
A recently-approved expansion of an FCC program will grant millions of low-income households a discount on internet access in an effort to help close what is becoming known as the digital divide — the lack of reliable high-speed internet access for lower income families.
3 barriers, 3 fixes for school broadband
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
A new report urges state leaders to help all school districts access high-speed school broadband. Broadband affordability: Districts that do meet the 100 kpbs per student minimum pay an average cost of $5.07 Broadband and internet internet IT Newsletter News Top News
Trump touts rural broadband internet access in $1 trillion infrastructure plan
eSchool News
JULY 4, 2017
Rural communities’ broadband internet access has become a key part of President Donald Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure proposal, which would promote high-speed internet access across rural America, including schools, classrooms and libraries.
How Publicly Available Broadband Data Can Help Us Close the Connectivity Gap
Education Superhighway
APRIL 18, 2018
These are critical questions, and we are committed to ensuring that when it comes to our work, the answers around our use of broadband data are clear. Fixing the problem begins with identifying it and having easily accessible information about where it is prevalent.
Groups urge IES to release months-late report on student internet access
eSchool News
MARCH 16, 2018
A federal report on students’ home access to digital learning resources is months late, and ed-tech groups say the delay is impeding efforts to close the homework gap. ” Next page: Why low-income students could be even more at risk for losing internet access.
Groups provide broadband to S.C. housing project
eSchool News
APRIL 28, 2015
Novatel Wireless, Kajeet launch pilot project for educational broadband access. Broadband and internet IT Management IT Newsletter News Top News
Two Edthena Partners Featured in National Broadband Imperative Report
Edthena
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Earlier this month, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released their report, The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning. The post Two Edthena Partners Featured in National Broadband Imperative Report appeared first on the Edthena blog.
Kentucky deploys 480 Mbps broadband across state
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
All state districts will have access to high-speed broadband connections. All 173 districts in Kentucky will have access to high-speed, fiber-based connectivity of more than 480 Megabits per second thanks to a partnership between the state department of education and AT&T.
How does your district’s broadband stack up?
eSchool News
JANUARY 3, 2017
A free tool from nonprofit EducationSuperHighway is intended to help district technology leaders compare broadband and connectivity information with other districts nearby and across the nation.
New plan advocates gigabit broadband’s arrival in schools
eSchool News
JULY 19, 2016
Connecting our nation’s schools, libraries, health clinics and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) to next generation high-speed broadband is an important national priority. In an effort to provide federal, state and local leaders with policy options to ensure that all anchor institutions have high-speed connections to the internet, the SHLB Coalition today is releasing “ Connecting Anchor Institutions: A Broadband Action Plan.”.
CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns
EdTech Magazine
MARCH 13, 2018
CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns. Cybersecurity and broadband/network capacity are tied for the top priorities for IT leaders in 2018, while budget constraints were marked as one of the most pressing challenges for a fourth straight year. Data-driven instruction and decision-making broke into the top three this year, joining broadband and network security, which jumped one place to the top spot, and cybersecurity, which jumped two spots to become No.
Broadband is a human right
Learning with 'e's
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
Clearly very passionate about his cause, Brechner argued that not only should is access to broadband absolutely essential for education, in today's connected world, it should also be considered a human right. Leeds Sugata Mitra #altc2011 broadband ALT-C Miguel Brechner
Innovative district expands access like never before using E-rate
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
Thanks to a major funding refresh, one district found that it’s now possible to support its one-to-one initiative without scaling back access for other services or devices. ” (Next page: An infrastructure upgrade paves the way for unprecedented access).
E-rate Works: Bringing Broadband to New Mexico Tribal Communities
Education Superhighway
JANUARY 31, 2018
Organized by AMERIND Critical Infrastructure Manager Kimball Sekaquaptewa, this fiber build project will ultimately help Native American students in these Pueblos access high-speed broadband and gain essential skills through the power of technology.
Experts: Design broadband networks with tools that are ‘expandable, flexible’
FETC Converge
APRIL 13, 2017
By Emily Ann Brown, Education Daily® State Educational Technology Directors Association encourages district leaders and IT directors to consider a flexible approach in designing broadband networks in order to meet growing learning demands. Such design is a key topic of SETDA’s recently updated The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning report.
NEW RULES TO MAKE BROADBAND MORE AFFORDABLE
techlearning
APRIL 29, 2016
The FCC has modernized and reformed its Lifeline program to help low-income consumers afford Internet access. Techlearning Resources
How 2 states are making school broadband a priority
eSchool News
OCTOBER 27, 2015
As digital tools play an increasingly larger role in learning, states are targeting school broadband access for all students. Working with state leaders is a key factor in pushing these school broadband partnerships to success, said EducationSuperHighway founder and CEO Evan Marwell.
Report maps out new broadband targets to meet rising demand
FETC Converge
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
By Emily Ann Brown, Education Daily® A recently released report by the State Educational Technology Directors Association reiterates high-speed broadband goals that were established in 2012, and introduces new benchmarks through SY 2020 that experts believe will help the K-12 sector keep pace with digital learning initiatives. More… Uncategorized digital learning high-speed broadband K-12 WAN recommendations wireless infrastructure
Interesting: Rural schools are outpacing others on in-school tech access
eSchool News
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Although schools in rural areas traditionally hit roadblocks when it comes to securing technology tools and high-speed internet access in classrooms and student homes, a new study suggests students in those schools actually outperform their urban and suburban peers in access at school.
Report: State leaders use various methods to expand broadband
FETC Converge
APRIL 20, 2016
By Emily Ann Brown, Education Daily ® A new report from the State Educational Technology Directors Association finds that state education technology leaders are using a variety of models and paths to provide high-speed broadband access for all LEAs and schools. State K-12 Broadband Leadership: Driving Connectivity and Access was commissioned by SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action.
States cut in half the number of K-12 students lacking high-speed broadband
FETC Converge
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
A new report from EducationSuperHighway highlights K-12 broadband gains but says more work is needed to deliver digital tools to 11.6 million students still lacking adequate access. 42 governors are leading K-12 broadband upgrades that have helped halve the number of students lacking adequate access to digital learning tools in the past year, according to a new report.
Districts boost students’ home internet access
eSchool News
MARCH 9, 2015
Wireless provider Kajeet and IT solution provider CDW-G have partnered on the Kajeet Education Broadband program in order to ensure that students have the home internet access necessary to complete homework and research assignments.
Poor internet access hinders Hispanics’ educational success
eSchool News
MARCH 23, 2015
New report offers recommendations to help Hispanic communities access better resources, opportunities. Gus West, president of The Hispanic Institute, said: “Without reliable access to the internet, Hispanics cannot participate fully in American society.
Arkansas Upgrades First District to High-Speed Broadband Network
Education Superhighway
JULY 20, 2015
EducationSuperHighway partnered with the Arkansas Governor’s office and the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) in August 2014 toward the goal of connecting all Arkansas students to high-speed broadband for digital learning.
Why are rural schools still struggling with high-speed internet access?
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
Despite federal and state progress expanding high-speed internet access to more schools across the nation, rural school districts are still playing catch-up. President Obama has often called high-speed internet access a right, noting it is critical for the future.
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