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Thinking about AI Equity from the Perspective of Broadband Equity

Iterating Toward Openness

This recognition has led to a number of state and federal programs to improve access to broadband, like the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) which provides internet subsidies to low-income households. There’s broad recognition that access to high-speed internet is necessary for success in school, work, etc.

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3 BEAD Challenge Process Recommendations for States

Education Superhighway

We analyzed all NTIA-approved challenge process plans and rounded up three key recommendations for states still finalizing their Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Initial Proposals to help yield more accurate broadband maps. WHAT IS THE NEW MODIFICATION? By providing digital resources (e.g.,

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Millions of Students With Home Internet Access Still Can’t Get Online

Edsurge

Among the findings , which were recently released: Rates of home internet access and computer ownership have increased significantly since the survey conducted in 2015, from 64 percent then to 84 percent today, though one in seven children whose families earn less than $75,000 per year still lack any broadband access.

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Are Some Schools Playing Down Race When Considering ‘Equity’?

Edsurge

The report, “ Equity: Definitions and Perspectives of U.S. Personal, and Political But a general consensus about equity’s definition doesn’t mean harmony over how to generate equity, nor does it mean comfort with the term itself. It also kicked education out of its autopilot mode, he adds.

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Kentucky deploys 480 Mbps broadband across state

eSchool News

All state districts will have access to high-speed broadband connections. Counties across the state have worked to increase their broadband capacity as online assessments, video resources, and mobile devices have become more prevalent in schools.

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Laying the Foundation for Distance Learning Success

Digital Promise

billion to the FCC for the creation of the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBBP) so that eligible low-income households may receive a discount off the cost of broadband service and certain connected devices during an emergency period relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2020, Congress appropriated $3.2

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A New Definition For Equity In Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

A New Definition For Equity In Education. New thinking about the terms and definitions of gender emphasize both the characteristics and the fluidity of any culture. As for a definition for equity in education? by Terry Heick. Equilibrium. But why not consider something more ambitious?