eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

This funding opportunity will allow K-12 schools and districts, colleges and universities, and public libraries to connect students to safe, reliable internet outside of the classroom. “At At Kajeet, we believe internet access is a basic human right and are fully committed to efforts aimed at closing the digital divide,” said Daniel J.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

To further the mission of closing the Digital Divide for students across the United States, each grant recipient will receive up to $25,000, which they may use for any combination of Kajeet Education Broadband solutions, including WiFi hotspots, school bus WiFi, LTE-embedded Chromebooks and routers. “The

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

The goal of the partnership is to help transform the future of education by: Connecting the unconnected students and communities with high-quality wireless Internet and Close the Digital Divide once and for all. Many school districts aspire to provide adequate off-campus broadband access to their staff and students.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls. They’re building their own countywide broadband network. Related: Not all towns are created equal, digitally. This is an equity issue,” said Bredder. “If

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

Tailwinds: An Enabling Ecosystem A baseline enabling condition for game-based learning is access to computers and broadband. COVID has also accelerated funding for broadband in underserved neighborhoods. While there is still work to do in closing the digital divide, access is becoming less of a limiting factor for game-based learning.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. More important, states are starting to recognize the need for equitable access off site.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

As schools and districts struggle to move beyond the pandemic disruptions, one thing has become abundantly clear — technology will be a permanent fixture in students’ lives, whether students are physically in the classroom or learning from home. Related: The affordability gap is the biggest part of the digital divide.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Those numbers suggest edtech is steadily marching into schools and classrooms. That’s music to the ears of industry leaders who have funded and built many of these digital tools. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged. But as the usage and positive perception of digital learning tools grow in U.S.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2016

A recently-approved expansion of an FCC program will grant millions of low-income households a discount on internet access in an effort to help close what is becoming known as the digital divide — the lack of reliable high-speed internet access for lower income families. I’m sure they do,” she said.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In 2014, the Federal Communications Commission modernized the E-rate program with the objective of closing the K-12 digital divide within five years. This catalyzed a sea change in the broadband available in America’s schools. Bringing Wi-Fi to every classroom. Why has E-rate modernization worked so well?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

What can we take from this when we return to our classrooms? And will we return to our classrooms to teach in the same manner as we did before COVID? The policies and infrastructures are in place to deliver. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates?

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

They prioritize student achievement, drive continuous improvement and implement policies that will ensure success for all. The infrastructure must facilitate students having ubiquitous access to broadband so that they are learning skills for tomorrow but not hindered by with dial-up speeds from the past.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The digital divide is showing real signs of narrowing—but there are still 6.5 Overall, more than 39 million students enjoy bandwidth speeds to support digital learning. Overall, more than 39 million students enjoy bandwidth speeds to support digital learning. We think those are a good set of targets even today.”

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 13, 2018

They prioritize student achievement, drive continuous improvement and implement policies that will ensure success for all. The infrastructure must facilitate students having ubiquitous access to broadband so that they are learning skills for tomorrow but not hindered by with dial-up speeds from the past.

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Digital Learning Future Ready Broadband Digital Divide 45

Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2016

To support powerful use of technology in classrooms, you need powerful infrastructure, includingadequate broadband and wireless, a mobile device management system (MDM), and a clear device incident workflow. Are policies in place? The digital divide has been bridged, and every learner now has access — at school and at home.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Like McKneely, some educators, government officials and policy experts around the country say the coronavirus carries lessons for another global crisis of our time, climate change. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. Credit: AP Photo/Kantele Franko.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2016

This week, our stories focus on one thing, which policy makers have said is a necessity, and not a luxury, in life: the internet. Read on for more: Can your internet service provider help close the digital divide? 5 tips for using live video in the classroom. Distance learning fills core gaps at rural school.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

And with online assessments now being required in many states, reliable broadband access is also essential so that students’ knowledge and skills are accurately represented, and technology is not a barrier to achievement and its documentation. Application processes vary, based on the state, as do disbursements. Cynthia Schultz, Esq.,

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. It remains a modest gesture toward addressing much bigger questions. Strong opinions may be weakly held. ."

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. It remains a modest gesture toward addressing much bigger questions. Strong opinions may be weakly held. ."

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Common Sense Education provides digital literacy and citizenship programs to educators and school communities with a goal of empowering students to harness technology for learning and life. Such opportunity requires high-speed broadband in every school and Education SuperHighway is working to make that opportunity a reality.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

As an op-ed in The Washington Post put it , “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” Certainly in the 1990s , when E-rate was introduced, its goal was to address this very issue – “the digital divide.”

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MindShift

APRIL 24, 2020

And a federal government plan for reopening, according to The Washington Post , says that getting kids back in classrooms or other group care is the first priority for getting back to normal. There are only 10 students to a classroom, with just one teacher. But there are still many more unknowns than guarantees.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Federal funds help narrow the digital divide. The benefits of digital equity go far beyond education. In Utah, the Murray City School District had been slowly developing a broadband network for students for two years when funding from the CARES Act helped the district speed up the rollout. With JumpStart, says Ms.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Well, it did–but it also didn’t.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

Digital book loans have skyrocketed, with children’s e-book checkouts more than doubling since the COVID-19 closures began, according to a report from NPR. Though it doesn’t look like it has in years before, what’s important is that the library is still there for kids, said Lee Hope, director of children’s services in Chattanooga.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The various services and products acquired by consolidators over the last year or two will be integrated into increasingly comprehensive platforms offering instructional content, assessments, and classroom tools all in one place. Though these policies made a big impact, many have expired in favor of returning to the status quo.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2020

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities anticipates state budget shortfalls of 25% this fiscal year as a result of that recession. Jinna Hwang, who teaches math at San Mateo High School, says she can’t create a warm, accepting classroom culture when everyone is wearing masks and she must enforce physical distancing.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2022

Aside from a clear disruption to the curriculum and lingering mental health challenges for students and staff alike, the effects of school closures have been felt far beyond the classroom. Related: OPINION: How targeted federal action could finally chip away at the broadband racism faced by Black students.

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