edWeb.net

JUNE 26, 2019

A survey of 30 superintendents and CTOs from rural districts revealed four key challenges to implementing technology: broadband access, funding, people and understanding the “why.” CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system technology leaders. About CoSN.

Broadband 43

Broadband Advocacy Survey Technology 43

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The nonprofit launched in 2012, and when it explored school connectivity data the following year, it found that just 30 percent of school districts had sufficient bandwidth to support digital learning, or 100 kbps per student. When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said.

E-rate 50

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 50

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

But instead of a deadly hurricane, this year brought another crisis that shut the city’s school system: the coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps no school system had a distance learning plan in place that anticipated a shutdown on the scale of the coronavirus closures. This story also appeared in The Huffington Post.

Digital Divide 117

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 117

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. on April 10, 2020.

Learning 69

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

The organization’s research “aims to transform monolithic, factory-model systems into student-centered designs that educate every student successfully and enable each to realize his or her fullest potential.” Award winning principal, and now Senior Fellow Eric Sheninger , helps to lead much of the digital work.

Future Ready 100

Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

But evidence suggests that some of the blame for the struggles of BIE schools during Covid-19 lies on the shoulders of the federal government, which consistently bungled its role in helping schools adapt to remote learning and ensure that kids continued to receive an education. It did catch us to an extent to be unprepared.”. Stalled Aid.

Report 126

Report Elementary Online Learning System 126

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Technology is a system. 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. Franklin died in July.). It entails far more than its individual material components.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40