eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

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Report Broadband E-rate Advocacy 40

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 8, 2018

Having access to fiber is not only essential for K-12 schools, but it is also a means of leveling the economic playing field for residents of rural communities. Total access to the Internet through fiber optics will eliminate a huge barrier, which has long-range impacts ranging from medical care to education and even to economic development.”

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Broadband Guidelines Libraries Accessibility 67

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 6, 2020

The Alabama Broadband Connectivity for Students program will allocate $100 million in CARES Act funding for a public-private partnership to increase internet access for K-12 students who may need internet service for distance learning. The plan also invests in programs to help bridge learning and achievement gaps.

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Digital Divide Broadband Guidelines Libraries 28

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

She also recommends working with county and state officials to track what’s working in other districts, and she suggested keeping the district’s “external auditor on speed dial” to make sure that any new steps being taken are within the appropriate guidelines and deadlines, which also remain subject to change. Staying Organized and Healthy.

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EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 96

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. With everything shut down, the chronic issue of home internet access became an immense and acute challenge. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., on March 18, 2020. Mackey Pendergrast. School District.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

For more than 20 years, the Federal Communications Commission has directed the multi-billion dollar E-rate program, which provides taxpayer-supported construction and service discounts that districts and libraries can use toward internet costs. It’s a lack of understanding of broadband systems that’s creating these problems.”

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E-rate Broadband Survey Analysis 82

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

More than two years ago, educators around the country began to engage in dialogue regarding the digital divide , as they recognized the reality that many students did not have access and connectivity as once believed. The phrase “information technology” represents access, or a lack thereof, to digital infrastructure.

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Digital Divide Broadband Education Accessibility 205

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Third, learn how you can curate by organizing content into useful, easy-to-access collections. Connected Librarian Day!

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Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

The message, from Zach Leverenz, founder of the nonprofit EveryoneOn, attacked the Educational Broadband Service (EBS), which long ago granted school districts and education nonprofits thousands of free licenses to use a slice of spectrum — the range of frequencies that carry everything from radio to GPS navigation to mobile internet.

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Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 88

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

“Obama administration guidelines for LGBT student protections under Title IX remain in place, and the student codes at Liberty and Bob Jones Universities appear to violate them,” says Inside Higher Ed. .” ” (Did you know he recorded his first mixtape at the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia studio ?).

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” In other MIT news : “MIT task force releases preliminary ‘Future of Libraries ’ report.” ” Edsurge points to new guidelines for education companies participating in Y Combinator ’s startup accelerator program. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ MIT Seeks to Expand Role Promoting Startups.”

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Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40