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. This is an equity issue,” said Bredder. “If Josh Walton, principal, Walton Middle School, in sAlbemarle County, Virginia.

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Education Superhighway

MARCH 2, 2015

In light of recent changes to the E-rate program, we’re working to help ensure the accuracy of this year’s Category 1 applications. To address these issues, we put together a resource page and created a list of helpful tips for filling out the Form 471 (see more below).

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Education Superhighway

MAY 30, 2019

In 2016, EducationSuperHighway worked with the Virginia Department Of Education (VDOE) to hire an E-rate and school technology specialist. She’s a big advocate for expanding broadband access and digital equity, and she has become a key strategic planner for school Internet in Virginia.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

In a July 2017 statement , FCC Chairman Ajit Pai designated August as Rural Broadband Month at the agency. As demonstrated by Arkansas’ success in connecting all of its public school students, rural districts can thrive when cross-functional collaborations come together to leverage state and federal resources. at home either.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 13, 2019

Every year, our organization aims to build a complete picture of every school district’s Internet speed and pricing information so that we can update our free tools and resources, which in turn support school leaders as they upgrade their networks. How to clarify your school connectivity data. Create new funding sources.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 18, 2018

Dr. Haggard knew that updating the broadband infrastructure would help enhance their technology capabilities and greatly improve their ability to offer digital learning, but with the challenges of time, resources, and lack of technical support, he knew he needed assistance.

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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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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 10, 2017

If you are thinking about how to improve your district’s connectivity but are unsure about where to begin, here are three questions to help start the conversation. Often, teachers have a vision for the types of technology tools and applications they’d like to offer students, but do not have the resources.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 10, 2017

If you are thinking about how to improve your district’s connectivity but are unsure about where to begin, here are three questions to help start the conversation. Often, teachers have a vision for the types of technology tools and applications they’d like to offer students, but do not have the resources.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Learning Tools 63

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2016

A CoSN resource aims to help school tech leaders navigate new E-rate rules allowing for the use of dark fiber. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2014 took major steps to update the E-rate program, including increasing its annual funding to $3.9 billion, up from $2.4

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

billion increase in E-rate funding over the last 18 months. This issue constitutes a new civil right; the right to digital equity; the right to connect to needed resources — anywhere, anytime. Collectively, they have a greater capacity to gather and leverage resources to provide creative and effective solutions to the gap.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Adapting to these changes takes time, leadership, and above all, resources. Spearheaded by The Alliance for Excellent Education , the event provided teachers with resources like lesson plans and toolkits. In 2008, the high school graduation rate at Winterboro High School was 63 percent. So it should be with E-Rate.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2016

It was the 100-percent response rate from the survey. “We We knew most districts and schools would respond, but a 100-percent response rate shows that technology is a high priority for education leaders throughout the state,” he said. Connected Nation released the results of the survey last month. “We

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In rural districts, children and youth face profound obstacles—geographic isolation and long bus rides to school, frustratingly slow internet connections, limited course options, and low college-going rates. Specifically, only one-third of rural students matriculate in college compared to nearly half of urban students.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Gabe Soumakian: With E-rate modernization, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and more taking place at once, what are you looking at in terms of changes to the way you’re funding technology these days? Stuart Burt : When they changed E-rate a couple years ago, it was a learning curve.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy. Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Supported by the 2014 modernization of the federal government’s E-Rate program and state funding efforts, a majority of schools now meet the FCC’s short term connectivity goal of 100 Mbps/1000 students. Promote Low Cost Broadband Offerings 3. Assess Existing Community Resources, Gaps and Needs 3.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Though the amount of bandwidth each district needs depends, among other factors, on its size and location, every district can benefit from planning broadband infrastructure with growing technology demands in mind. How Much Bandwidth Is Needed To Support Today’s Classroom Technology? Video collaboration. Video streaming.

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E-rate Broadband Digital Learning Video 58

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Kajeet introduced Kajeet Private Wireless, its next-gen, cloud-based, private 5G and LTE platform delivering fast, secure, and reliable broadband connectivity for students in remote areas and communities underserved by public wireless options.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 13, 2017

“One of the key elements of the internet is that it provides immediate access to a huge range of high-quality resources that are really useful to teachers,” says Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education. She also uses computers to teach her students how to find good sources versus bad sources.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Thursday, June 12th at 1:45pm in Atherton, CA Common Sense Media: Discover and Use Great Ed Tech for Learning , How do you discover and use great ed tech tools for learning? How can we help kids make a better digital world? Third, learn how you can curate by organizing content into useful, easy-to-access collections.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. We need to invest in resources that will help us get better at finding the root cause of these issues instead of just treating the symptoms.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

million Idaho Education Network settlement | Idaho EdNews → After eight years - and with state-issued checks totaling $3.4M - the state has closed the costly and convoluted case of the Idaho Education Network broadband project. Now, city leaders are trying to figure out how to spread the digital wealth to residents left behind.

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