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Equity of Access

SETDA Says

OET Roundtable Blog Convened by SETDA, CoSN, & Digital Promise By Julia Fallon, Executive Director, SETDA Equity of Access As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us, reliable, robust broadband access both at school and away from campus is required to equitably engage all learners no matter where they live and learn.

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Including Adult Learners in the National Broadband Research Agenda

Digital Promise

A critical step to realizing the full potential of technology for underserved adult learners, and by extension their families, involves looking more deeply into equity of access as well as why this population often has underutilized available broadband technology.

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Millions of Students Are Still Without WiFi and Tech—Why Haven’t Policymakers Stepped Up?

Edsurge

These new amendments require the State Superintendent to survey education institutions to understand students' access to computing devices and broadband connections. The FCC’s E-Rate program , a K-12 broadband subsidy, provides methods for districts and libraries to acquire discounts on WiFi connectivity.

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Joint SETDA and CoSN statement on FCC Rural Telecommunications Offer

SETDA Says

SETDA and CoSN commend the FCC for acting this week to help rural telecommunications providers offer affordable broadband to qualified students. The agency’s decision to revise tariffs for rural providers is a helpful action at this historic moment when far too many rural students lack access to online learning.

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Top 5 IT and technology trends for 2016

eSchool News

Krueger, CEO at CoSN – the Consortium for School Networking , said the fact that the modernized E-rate hones in on broadband and more robust networks is a net positive for K-12 IT departments and their CTOs. Broadband equity. Broadband isn’t a luxury anymore,” she says.

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Record and Upload Video with One Click: It’s Now Possible within Google Chrome

Edthena

The upload technology was built with the variability of school broadband networks in mind. Designing for ease of use and equity of access. “There’s nothing new for schools to buy or install. Teachers just click record, and they’re on their way,” said Weldon. The video tool includes a timer for teachers to “set it and forget it.”

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SETDA Strongly Opposes Chairman Pai’s EBS Report and Order

SETDA Says

SETDA strongly opposes Chairman Pai’s draft Educational Broadband Service Report & Order, which proposes to further marginalize rural students that lack access to high capacity broadband.

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