Accessibility Broadband Course E-rate 
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 8, 2020
Sadly, though, the reality is that millions of Americans — in rural and urban areas alike, and including many underrepresented minorities — lack the reliable broadband connections needed to access postsecondary and K-12 education in a nation that remains in partial lockdown. Schools get creative.
Edsurge
JUNE 11, 2021
They just weren’t ready for distance learning, and a big part of that was that too many students lacked adequate WiFi access to get to virtual class. In Arizona, the House Education Committee introduced HB2421 , a bill allowing for schools to create distance learning courses. Jennifer E. Cases like 2020’s Cayla J.
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The Hechinger Report
JUNE 12, 2017
I give the kids access to all the tools pretty much right off the bat,” said Eric Bredder, with a sweeping gesture taking in the computer workstations, 3-D printers, laser cutters and milling machines, plus a bevy of wood and metalworking tools that he uses while teaching computer science, engineering and design classes. “I
Edsurge
JANUARY 21, 2021
And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.
Education Superhighway
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
100 kbps per student may have been sufficient bandwidth when there were only 520 students and few devices, but as the student population and technology use grew, so did the district’s need for more robust broadband. Merritt can now rely on Internet access throughout the school without having to worry about the signal dropping.
Education Superhighway
OCTOBER 15, 2015
If we intend to prepare students for the jobs of the modern economy, ensuring high-speed broadband access is a crucial first step. High-speed broadband equalizes educational opportunity and accelerates learning. Broadband is the crucial first step to building the best schools imaginable. As a result, $2.5
Educator Innovator
MARCH 7, 2014
This made it difficult to run programs like Pixie or access online math games. Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers. Without reliable [internet] access, there’s no way you can do something like that,” Tower said.
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