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

MARCH 26, 2020

Fourteen percent of households with school-age children do not have internet access, most of which earn less than $50,000 a year. But the term doesn’t just mean equipping students with the same devices and broadband access. Access doesn’t necessarily mean handing students devices. PT / 2 p.m.

Technology 213

Technology Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility 213

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 23, 2017

Kicked-off 27 projects with school districts like Attleboro Public Schools, Granby Public Schools, and North Reading Public Schools to help them get fiber connections to schools that lack access. As we head into 2017, the Digital Connections Initiative continues its focus on getting high-speed Internet access for all schools.

Digital Divide 40

Digital Divide E-rate Secondary Classroom 40

MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

Unfortunately, school closures have meant a step backward for many when it comes to the digital divide. The Austin Independent School District equipped 110 school buses with WiFi and positioned them in neighborhoods and apartment complexes with the highest need for internet access. Supporting Students and Families.

Education 124

Education Broadband Learning Elementary 124

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina. But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. With everything shut down, the chronic issue of home internet access became an immense and acute challenge.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

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. Teachers attend training sessions via webinar. Even just logging onto the computer was tough,” Tower said. “It

Broadband 41

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

And we put it on YouTube to make it as easy as possible to access.” . School libraries have become tech hubs for educators teaching from home, while public libraries have worked to expand access to the internet, with many keeping their building’s WiFi on even when buildings were closed, so patrons can get internet access from the parking lot.

Libraries 68

Libraries Social Media Digital Badges Accessibility 68