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As coronavirus ravaged Indian Country, the federal government failed its schools

The Hechinger Report

By comparison, only around 30 percent of BIE schools were doing the same. On the Navajo Nation, which surrounds Hopi, less than 4 percent of the population has access to even the most basic wireline broadband, according to federal data. It did catch us to an extent to be unprepared.”. Stalled Aid.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. This fall, the EducationSuperHighway released a price comparison tool so that districts could see neighbors’ broadband costs and ideally leverage that information to get a better deal.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes – think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. Wikileaks – perhaps in cooperation with Russia – releasing stolen emails from the DNC and from Clinton’s campaign.