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The Challenges of Broadband Access in Rural Schools

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But in order to take advantage of edtech, they first need broadband access. Even when broadband is available, many students don’t have access at home. They’ve opened up their doors to their neighbors for their own broadband needs. in elementary education from the University of Virginia. Jamie holds a B.A.

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EducationSuperHighway Establishes No Home Left Offline Coalition

Education Superhighway

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated over $45 billion to states for broadband deployment through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity Act (DEA) programs. Building on that advocacy, EducationSuperHighway has established the No Home Left Offline Coalition.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We We need to change that.”. The homework gap isn’t new. “The The homework gap isn’t new.

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Cox Business Brings High Speed Fiber Connectivity to Historical Jamestowne Island To Provide Virtual Explorations of the James Fort and Archaearium

eSchool News

Today, Historical Jamestowne Island and Cox Business will present a virtual trip for King’s Grant Elementary School from Virginia Beach, VA. ” The project to connect Historical Jamestowne Island was completed in early 2020 – just in time for distance learning.

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Reach out!: Web-Based Advice Service for School Librarians

NeverEndingSearch

Librarians may be struggling with how to support kids socially and emotionally, and with assuming that responsibility of how to get kids through this malaise that many now bring to their learning. He understands that digital equity doesn’t simply mean access to broadband or computers. Executive Director of NCDE.

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Schedule for Thursday's "Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference (Library 2.0) - Register Now

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

full description) “The COVID-19 Learning Pack” - Yusuf Ganyana - THE COVID-19 LEARNING PACK, LAIBU MKONONI (full description) 2:00 PM (US-Pacific Time) 30-minute concurrent sessions “Launching a Digital Navigators Program at the Library” - Audrey Barbakoff, Ed.D.,

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"Libraries as Community Anchors" - a Library 2.0 Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

With a focus on under-resourced, tribal, and rural communities in critical need, her current projects involve propagating broadband connections to new community spaces via emerging wireless networking technologies for everyday usage and crisis recovery. She attended the local elementary and high school and now serves as a school board member.