Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

The mantra makes sense for someone like Marwell, whose nonprofit organization has an audacious mission: to make high-speed internet access available for every student in the US. But in order to do that, EducationSuperHighway must first determine the state of internet access—and track its progress—for schools across the country.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2021

Accessibility for all learners is built in to the core platform, which also features multiple levels of security — including end-to-end encryption, daily Secureframe scanning, and 24/7 alerts — to safeguard users against unwanted participants.?. We’ve noticed increased excitement and involvement from participants.”.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 13, 2016

public schools still lack access to high-speed fiber connections. The FCC is helping schools make the necessary investments in their broadband infrastructure through December 2014’s Second E-rate Modernization order , which provides public school districts and libraries with new options for funding fiber special construction projects.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2016

With more access to online instructional tools, video streaming, and blended learning, the demand for bandwidth can become a bottleneck to enabling digital learning opportunities for students. Check out our Fiber Toolkit for free tools and resources including the RFP templates Lubbock used and the “Build Vs. Buy” comparison tool.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? If you draw a comparison between the two, i.e., traditional textbooks and interactive textbooks, you will see that e-textbooks clearly fare better than regular textbooks. Once published, the etextbooks should be easily accessible by the users.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state. So teachers together and the students that we serve are literally the largest e-sports organization in the country. And so it's a lot the same in how we should be treating e-sports. So we formed an interstate group.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

As a result, we added new features that increase the tool’s power and ease of use, including: Revamped comparison tools using maps and filters that allow school districts to view how their broadband services and prices equate to those of neighboring school districts, as well as other school districts across the state.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

As a result, we added new features that increase the tool’s power and ease of use, including: Revamped comparison tools using maps and filters that allow school districts to view how their broadband services and prices equate to those of neighboring school districts, as well as other school districts across the state.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. Pennsylvania district comparisons [link] Advanced Search Tool data options. Learn more about the SLIDE study: SLIDE Project SLIDE State Survey On Facebook and Twitter Kachel, Debra E. Lance, Keith Curry and Debra E. 2021, July).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2017

Many schools and community organizations try to boost FAFSA completion rates by emphasizing the financial benefits of completing the FAFSA. The National College Access Network Form Your Future campaign makes this appeal: “Each year, more than $2 billion of financial aid goes unclaimed. Related: Column E-Counseling 2.0:

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Today, over 2.9

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. For some hardware, districts can comparison shop. By comparison, in February 2016, Lawrence School District in Kansas got a discount of nearly 24 percent that dropped a $4.1 This is public money that should be used in the best possible way.”.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

The hope is that if what would normally take 10,000 hours could be shortened to 1,000, and be done via methods that are more affordable and accessible, many more people can become experts. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Today, over 2.9

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

By comparison, the national average is about 20.4 Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries. “We

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Brainscape

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Affectionately dubbed the “Mother-of-all exams” by some wine nerds, the WSET Diploma’s third module (D3) on the principal still wines of the world is the Olympus Mons of the WSET solar system, making the other modules look like mildly inflamed pimples in comparison. What happens next?

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” ” Via the AP : “The sponsor of one of the nation’s largest online charter schools says it’s cutting that tie, which could halt the Ohio e-school’s operations for its roughly 12,000 students within days.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Hayden is the first new librarian of Congress since 1987,” The New York Times observed at her swearing in in September, “and brings with her another generation’s ideas about accessibility, technology and the role that libraries play in society.” million in E-Rate rebates.).

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

In the nationally representative sample, 90 percent of voters across both parties agreed with the statement: “The next president and Congress should work together to make quality early childhood education more accessible and affordable to low- and middle-income families.”. And yes, they actually measured “anger” as part of the poll.

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