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Ensuring Access to Robust Broadband for ALL Students

Doug Levin

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. We should demand more of our political leaders and from our education advocacy organizations.

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5 Ideas to Improve Rural Education in America

The CoolCatTeacher

Additionally, only 55% of rural America has broadband access versus 94% of urban America. ” In today’s show, we’ll discuss: Promoting more broadband access. The need for more rural education advocacy. Rural Broadband Stats: [link]. as an advocate for Rural Broadband. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes.

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Congress is cutting the funds that could have closed the homework gap

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. million broadband connections, according to the FCC. Subscribe today! The homework gap could worsen for millions of U.S.

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NAEP ‘Nation’s Report Card’ Shows Steep Fall in Math Scores

Edsurge

‘Appalling and unacceptable’ School closures took students and teachers out of the classroom, and the switch to remote learning exposed various inequalities in education— including issues like broadband access. This was already well known. But while observers may have expected a drop in scores, the severity is causing a little vertigo.

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

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We

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Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

The Hechinger Report

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. While the net-zero school trend is still relatively small, it has taken hold in districts of every geographic and socioeconomic description. RELATED: A school district is building a DIY broadband network.

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit : Amazing Series + Final Early-Bird Pricing #homelearningsummit #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

EPISODE 9: How Do I Navigate My Family’s Fall Homeschool Options? hours a day. Monica Cochran: SelfDesign Learning Pat Farenga: The Legacy of John Holt Jerry Mintz: The Importance of Alternative Education THE JUDY L.