Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

We also work in partnership with the state’s broadband office, Broadband Ohio. This community-centric group spent the spring and summer talking to residents in a 16-county region to inform Ohio’s Digital Opportunity plan and increase digital equity and opportunity in our region.

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Advocacy Broadband Libraries Policies 101

Tom Murray

AUGUST 31, 2016

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, approximately 5 of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband internet while at home. Whether it’s continuing education, applying for a job, or access to the world’s information, the ability to connect is vital for economic opportunity.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

On October 12, EducationSuperHighway released its second No Home Left Offline report, which highlights the barriers that continue to stand in the way of internet access for millions of Americans and lays out what states need to do to help connect families to broadband. In total, 51.6 Last November, ESH reported that 28.2 million U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch. All subjects can include a team or group-working element, allowing pupils to discuss topics and solve problems together, helping them to become more confident and rounded people. Encourage Collaboration.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

Yet, even as the number of unconnected students declines, there is another group that, for years, has made virtually no headway. There are still a proportion of families who have no internet access, and that’s massively important,” says Vikki Katz, associate professor in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2019

In Albemarle County, Virginia, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, radio towers rise above an apple orchard on Carters Mountain, outside Charlottesville. Tom Rolfes, education IT manager for the Nebraska Information Technology Commission. Photo: Chris Berdik. We are heartbroken.”.

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Broadband Education Policies Digital Divide 88

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2020

One of the largest concerns, though, is equity — not just how we must fund solutions to address disparities in student access to digital devices and broadband Internet, but how students safely engage to drive learning. An equity lens led the team to evaluate technologies along five dimensions: Who are the groups affected by the technology?

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Education Superhighway

JULY 10, 2015

In our work over the past three years to understand and analyze school broadband connectivity and costs, we have discovered high variance in the prices that school districts in different areas of the country—and even within the same state and county—pay for Internet access.

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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. Proponents of game-based learning have good reason to be optimistic—but also cautious.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) Following a partnership with the Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology, EducationSuperHighway partnered with HABC to bring awareness of the ACP benefit to 19,500 residents.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Achievement was lower for all student groups in 2020-21; historically underserved students (e.g., Gains across 2020-21 were at a lower rate and students ended the year with lower levels of achievement compared to a typical year, with larger declines in math (8 to 12 percentile points) than in reading (3 to 6 percentile points).

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Education Superhighway

MARCH 30, 2022

Last year, Congress created the Affordable Connectivity Program, a new long-term, $14 billion programs, to replace the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB) in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Current ACP rules do not allow or support this broadband deployment strategy.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

This event is being organized in partnership with Don Means, Director of the GIGABIT LIBRARIES NETWORK , and Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Professor in the School of Information at San José State University. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

This event is being organized in partnership with Don Means, Director of the GIGABIT LIBRARIES NETWORK , and Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Professor in the School of Information at San José State University. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This event is being organized in partnership with Don Means, Director of the GIGABIT LIBRARIES NETWORK , and Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Professor in the School of Information at San José State University. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

edWeb.net

AUGUST 4, 2021

Read the Policy Update from our July edFocus issue , written by Jon Bernstein, President of Bernstein Strategy Group. A group of 21 bipartisan Senators have agreed on a framework but continue to negotiate the final details of a $1 trillion infrastructure package. If any of the $7.17

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

This event is being organized in partnership with Don Means, Director of the GIGABIT LIBRARIES NETWORK , and Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Professor in the School of Information at San José State University. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

This event is being organized in partnership with Don Means, Director of the GIGABIT LIBRARIES NETWORK , and Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Professor in the School of Information at San José State University. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

This event is being organized in partnership with Don Means, Director of the GIGABIT LIBRARIES NETWORK , and Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Professor in the School of Information at San José State University. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This event is being organized in partnership with Don Means, Director of the GIGABIT LIBRARIES NETWORK , and Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Professor in the School of Information at San José State University. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons. According to an April 2018 Department of Education report, 18 percent of 5- to 17-year old students in “remote rural” districts have no broadband access at home.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 30, 2019

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. Bobby called it the K-12 Learning Infrastructure Program (KLIP), and hired me because I am a former technology director with experience in instructional and information technology.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch. All subjects can include a team or group-working element, allowing pupils to discuss topics and solve problems together, helping them to become more confident and rounded people.

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How To Software Education Tablets 252

Education Superhighway

JULY 8, 2019

As the State E-rate Director, Milan Eaton has been working on the Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative since it began in 2016. He’s been a tireless advocate for schools across the state, doing everything he can to make sure school districts have affordable, high-quality broadband so that students can use digital learning technologies.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

For instance if you only have one laptop with broadband access that requires a teacher sign-in, then look at designing project-based learning modules with teams of students where online research is simply one component of a larger project. Work with parents and inform them of these opportunities.

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Digital Divide Strategy Laptops Broadband 250

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 108

Education Superhighway

JULY 9, 2019

With this information, stakeholders are better equipped to navigate the many decisions required to deliver cutting-edge connectivity to students. Analyzing the relative costs can be complicated, but tools such as Compare & Connect K-12 let you research and compare K-12 broadband pricing and services with similarly sized districts.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Steven Langford, chief information officer of Beaverton School District in Beaverton, Ore., She said a philanthropic group stepped up to loan 217 Wi-Fi hotspots to children in San Mateo County, but there are thousands more still in need. “We That mirrors Lorrie Owens’ experience in California.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. In 1999, it merged with the Information Industry Association and took on its current name. Computers, laptops and mobile devices became more affordable.

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Industry Conference EdTech Student Data Privacy 138

Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

To respond to the evolving needs of users, to changes in technology, and new threats as they emerge (such as viruses, hacks and exploits, other malicious behavior, and software bugs), blockchains require a core group of active developers. Also disadvantaged will be those with strict data caps on their internet usage.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A recent press release from the National Coalition for Digital Equity shared: A group of fourteen past-presidents of the American Association of School Librarians has come together to pool their expertise and experience to assist school librarians with strategies and resources helpful in addressing pandemic-exacerbated challenges.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The survey results demonstrated the urgency of eliminating broadband accessibility as a barrier to remote learning. CCSD integrated outreach tracking with their Student Information System and provided daily data updates to track progress. Nevada COVID-19 Task Force. Targeted outbound outreach to contact all unresponsive families.

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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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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 8, 2019

In addition to celebrating school districts nationwide, this year our blog will feature a new Broadband Leaders series. He is the chief information officer of Carroll County Schools in Maryland and leader of the Maryland K12 Technology Leadership Forum. Meet Gary Davis. Finally, don’t take yourself too seriously.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This category covers the services necessary to support broadband connectivity in schools and libraries, including data links that connect multiple points, services used to connect eligible locations to the internet, and services that provide basic conduit access to the internet. USAC eligible services FAQ page. Know your deadlines.

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