eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Titled Mind the Gap: Closing the Digital Divide through affordability, access, and adoption , the report from Connected Nation (CN), with support from AT&T, provides new insights into why more than 30 million eligible households are not opting to access internet service at home or leverage the ACP. However, 82.4

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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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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In two other counties, three rural high schools reached that postsecondary enrollment for 76 percent (143 students), 82 percent (98 students) and 87 percent (159 students) of their 2019 graduates, the foundation reports. Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

And schools in conservative communities are also less likely to mention race, Pew reports. And yet, politics has only increased the focus of educators on equity, according to a recent report from the education consulting firm NWEA. The report, “ Equity: Definitions and Perspectives of U.S. But that’s in California.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2021

trillion infrastructure bill into law, our nation is poised to make historic investments in its highways, public transit, railways, airports, ports, water systems, broadband networks and electric grid. With President Biden’s signature turning the $1.2 A key reason?

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

We are thankful for those who broadcast the news and the broadband providers that have opened their networks, lifted data caps and fees, and promised not to discontinue service. Broadband providers are facing unprecedented pressure to deliver reliable connectivity as more of our economy shifts online. These are positive things.

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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. The report highlights the pivotal role state leaders and policymakers play in helping districts and schools implement high-speed broadband and wi-fi in schools. K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

An initial report , which is still being finalized, states that “lack of broadband access in Ector County is a crisis.” Most households that did have internet access were dissatisfied with service, either because speeds were slow and unreliable or because the price of the service was too high, according to the report.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

In 2015, 47 percent of K-12 teachers and almost two-thirds of K-5 teachers reported using game-based learning environments in their classes, up from 23 percent of K-12 teachers in 2010. T he 2015 Speak Up survey findings are the latest in a series of reports released each year by the Irvine, Calif. based nonprofit Project Tomorrow.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A report by the American Library Association (ALA) states that 88% of all public libraries offer formal or informal digital literacy programming to community residents. Libraries have always played a critical role in accelerating digital adoption.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

To help prepare young rural Americans for the new demands of a tech-integrated workforce , Microsoft has partnered with the National Future Farmers of America to invest in agricultural education, EdScoop reports. But we know that technology will be an engine of America’s growth for years to come.”. by Eli Zimmerman.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In fact, more than 70 percent of teachers in Verizon Innovative Learning Schools reported feeling prepared, with 93 percent crediting the program with making aspects of remote instruction easier to implement. In December 2020, Congress appropriated $3.2

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience. CoSN members have been turning to each other for advice and support about how to approach coronavirus and virtual learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

As a district in a small, rural community, they suffered from the kind of broadband access issues that were spotlighted by the pandemic. Districts planned out how to deploy their relief funding in different ways, but its absence will likely present a nationwide obstacle. Quite frankly, I’m embarrassed,” Caposey said.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

We called it “The State of EdTech: Forces and Trends Shaping K12 Edtech” report. Check out what your local school pays for broadband here. Our initial assessment of edtech suggested that “learning models”—how we teach—was unanimously seen as the cornerstone of education. Schools continue to pay different rates for bandwidth.

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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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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

The National Assessment of Educational Progress reported steep drops in test scores , especially in mathematics. These tailwinds produce new tailwinds, such as the creation and adoption of effective educational solutions s that collect actionable data on how to better support students. Many schools struggled to retain staff.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2020

Photo: Sy Bean for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Fewer than half the nation’s law schools had figured out how to go online by the early stages of the crisis, for example, according to the firm Primary Research Group; higher-ranked law schools were less likely than others to have been prepared.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And there are indeed sharp disparities in home access to computers and reliable broadband service. We’ve been on the front lines of equity and access for more than a decade, and we know how financial challenges, a lack of opportunities in high school or simply life’s twists and turns can prevent someone from completing a degree.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Here are three alternative ideas for how to ensure students can learn from home when necessary. According to a 2019 Pew Research Center report, 96 percent of adults own a cell phone and 81 percent own a smartphone. And broadband Internet connections aren’t available everywhere, especially in rural parts of the U.S.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

EducationSuperHighway and our partners across the broadband space have been busy advocating for ACP renewal, and we are starting to see positive progress. If you tag your representatives in a social media post, someone from their office is almost certain to see it and report on what they’re seeing. It is really that simple.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

I, like many teachers, share a deep belief that we should decide how to best meet the needs of students before turning to technology. In 2015, a major report from the research nonprofit RAND found that personalized learning works, confirming many of our hopes. Equally important, they’re never using “technology for technology’s sake.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2022

I received support when applying for financial aid, for basic needs and for broadband access and a laptop for my program. It allowed me to focus on my college and career goals and not on figuring out how to scrape by. Once I got into the machine tool technology program, I fell in love with it. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 13, 2019

Thanks to public E-rate data, state partners, and a national survey , we’ve been able to clarify roughly 98% of school connectivity data and report on the state of Internet in education. Here’s how broadband data provided by school districts across the nation helps improve educational equity for America’s students: 1.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Such students have fewer informal science opportunities and limited broadband Wi-Fi access at home and attend schools in districts that receive, by one estimate, $1,200 less in funding per student. Together we learned basic concepts like capillary action (blood flow) and how to dissect (using chicken legs).

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2022

Just a few months into the pandemic, one in three parents reported that their child was experiencing harm to their mental or emotional health. UMMC will conduct needs assessments with schools and districts, and set up and maintain the program locally, training school nurses and other staff on how to use the system.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

We have failed to address the persistent inequities in student access to technology, broadband internet social networks, mentors, enrichment activities, community and service learning, and the other elements that comprise learning. They already know how to continue learning outside of school. The question is no longer how we do it.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

There is nothing black-and-white about how to best support our students and families,” said Dr. Barbara Adams, principal at Findley Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. Adams told MIND that Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) began with a district-wide survey to determine each family’s need for computers or a wired home broadband connection.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

To learn more about the state of broadband connectivity in our nation’s schools and how to prepare for the future, read the 2019 State of the States report. A focus on the technology needs of modern schools and a commitment to collaboration will close help us continue to close the digital divide.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “ For more information, check out how to ‘ Equip Your School for the 21st-Century with a Solid Foundation. With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Today, 68 percent of districts say they meet that benchmark – a major increase that reveals just how many schools now see the value in improved internet connections. Among high schools, only 6 percent nationwide now report that they lack WiFi, according to the CoSN report. And it’s not just about wired connections.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? Ali, co-author of a report on the tech gap. This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

I’ve read and discussed both the KnowledgeWorks Foundation report, Learning on the Block , and Learning is Earning 2026 , the latter of which was introduced by Jane McGonigal on the keynote stage at SXSWedu. Also disadvantaged will be those with strict data caps on their internet usage.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

And we’ve heard various predictions from different reports—the World Economic Forum predicts that 75 million jobs will be eliminated by 2022. A Mckinsey report estimates that 50 percent of jobs are at risk of being highly automated. And we are so happy to report that it actually worked. That was absolutely the No.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Common Sense Media Overall, the report found that screen time has remained largely static over the past few years, even as mobile technologies continue to supplant traditional media, such as TV. Lovely maintains that virtually all families need better education on how to use technology more productively in the home.

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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. This allowed the school district to produce dashboards and daily progress reports, which kept the program and outreach strategy dynamic and flexible. On average, calls lasted fifteen to twenty minutes.

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