Advocacy, Broadband, E-rate and Technology

Ensuring Access to Robust Broadband for ALL Students

Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Benjamin Herold of Education Week has put together a real cracker of a series on the challenges of ensuring school broadband access in rural communities – and how E-rate (pre- and post-modernization) is helping to address the situation.

Broadband

Broadband E-rate Accessibility Advocacy

Raising Bids to Raise the Bar in Edtech

eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2024

Their agenda includes: Ensuring ample funding for educational technology, enhancing the effectiveness of the E-rate program, safeguarding the privacy and security of student data, and fostering digital equity. As part of #CoSN2024, the Advocacy Auction raises money for those efforts.

E-rate

E-rate EdTech Broadband Advocacy

The looming threat that could worsen the digital divide

eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Key points: Without continued funding, schools and libraries may struggle to maintain or upgrade technological infrastructure See article: 3 ways the E-rate program helps level up learning See article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding?

Digital Divide

Digital Divide E-rate Advocacy Libraries

Progress Made on K–12 Connectivity, But Work Remains

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Teachers and students are well on their way to fulfilling the mission of seeing 99 percent of all schools connected to next-generation broadband, according to the “2018 State of States Report” from EducationSuperHighway. According to the agency’s 2018 Broadband Deployment Report , 88 percent of U.S. That’s the good news.

E-rate

E-rate Broadband Advocacy Report

Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds.

E-rate

E-rate EdTech Broadband Libraries

E-rate funding toolkit aims to make applying easier

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Common Sense, SETDA unveil toolkit to help states, schools apply for billions in federal aid under the E-rate program modernization. A new E-rate funding toolkit from Common Sense and SETDA explains the changes to the federal program, available funding, and best ways to apply for it.

E-rate

E-rate Broadband Libraries Advocacy

Report: 41 percent of schools are under-connected

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. The report highlights the pivotal role state leaders and policymakers play in helping districts and schools implement high-speed broadband and wi-fi in schools. K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity.

Report

Report Broadband E-rate Advocacy

Nearly all American classrooms can now connect to high-speed internet, effectively closing the “connectivity divide”

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We There is still a digital divide in classrooms based on what technology is being used and how. EducationSuperHighway’s advocacy supported the district’s efforts perfectly. But it’s an important starting point.

E-rate

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops

Mission (Almost) Accomplished: Nonprofit EducationSuperHighway Prepares to Sunset

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

Instead, EducationSuperHighway is sunsetting because, well, that’s what Marwell always intended it to do—once the organization reached its expressed goal of connecting 99 percent of K-12 students to high-speed broadband. So seven years ago, knowing little about school broadband, he dove in. We’re almost to the end.”

Broadband

Broadband E-rate Advocacy Industry

Digital Transformation and Innovation in Rural School Districts

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

These rural districts face the four significant challenges: broadband access, funding, people, and understanding the “why.” Broadband access has become more critical in the last year and a half than ever before. Challenges. Wherever the location, funding is always a challenge for educational leaders.

Broadband

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility

How a passion for policy helped an educator get more funding for technology in schools

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This broadband leader has always had a passion for policy – especially when it came to funding for technology in schools. As a former teacher, tech coordinator, and chief technology officer, Jennifer Bergland now leads advocacy efforts as the Director of Governmental Relations at Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA).

Policies

Policies Technology Advocacy E-rate

The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all.

Technology

Technology Education Common Core Company

The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

.” I mean, yes, I’m totally making up the framing of the “trends” angle here (in the hopes, I confess, to defanging all those ridiculous clickbait articles that just list a bunch of shiny new consumer technology products and predict that they’re poised to “revolutionize school”).

Technology

Technology Education Facebook Company

EdTech Update

Ensuring Access to Robust Broadband for ALL Students

Raising Bids to Raise the Bar in Edtech

Trending Sources

The looming threat that could worsen the digital divide

Progress Made on K–12 Connectivity, But Work Remains

Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

E-rate funding toolkit aims to make applying easier

Report: 41 percent of schools are under-connected

Nearly all American classrooms can now connect to high-speed internet, effectively closing the “connectivity divide”

Mission (Almost) Accomplished: Nonprofit EducationSuperHighway Prepares to Sunset

Digital Transformation and Innovation in Rural School Districts

How a passion for policy helped an educator get more funding for technology in schools

The Business of Education Technology

The Politics of Education Technology

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