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 The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below.

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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. Digital whiteboards like myViewBoard check this box while also supporting the most prolific platforms in education including Microsoft, Google, and Apple operating systems and education services.

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How To Software Education Tablets 252

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

A recent victory for Arkansas’ public school system shows that these collaborations can yield tangible and meaningful results, particularly for rural communities. In a July 2017 statement , FCC Chairman Ajit Pai designated August as Rural Broadband Month at the agency. HOW TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR RURAL AMERICA.

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Broadband Accessibility Digital Learning E-rate 58

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Data shows multiple disconnects between what parents pointed to as actual barriers to broadband adoption versus what teachers perceived as parents’ barriers to adoption. They can also learn about which schools have the lowest broadband adoption rates in their area.

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Digital Divide Broadband Survey Outcomes 87

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Though teachers, parents, students and administrators are still navigating the day-to-day logistics of how to handle the contagious Delta variant, most students are back in a school building to learn—at least for the time being. I welcome the opportunity to change our education system to meet the needs of all children.

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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. As many reading this probably know, our nation’s education “system” is no system at all. A key reason?

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EdTech Broadband Report System 218

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

A recent victory for Arkansas’ public school system shows that these collaborations can yield tangible and meaningful results, particularly for rural communities. In a July 2017 statement , FCC Chairman Ajit Pai designated August as Rural Broadband Month at the agency. HOW TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR RURAL AMERICA.

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Broadband Accessibility Digital Learning E-rate 40

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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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 142

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Key activities have included: Mobile hot-spot and Chromebook check-outs include our GetACP.org postcards along with information on how to access help directly from a representative of the Library. The System has found that many users have at least a mobile device to facilitate scanning QR codes, leading to enrollment assistance.

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Libraries Broadband Chromebook Mobility 98

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Our teachers had already participated in professional development on how to incorporate the blended learning model into their classrooms. Our students already had the devices and data to continue their education, but more importantly, [they had] the experience of being in a flipped classroom and using online tools.

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Broadband Learning Blended Learning Training 204

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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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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Conference Broadband Secondary EdTech 147

eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

This fund addressed the digital divide by providing financial support for broadband connectivity, Wi-Fi hotspots, and connected devices such as laptops and tablets. This could result in a regression to outdated systems, hindering the ability of students and community members to engage in new and evolving educational needs.

Digital Divide 118

Digital Divide E-rate Advocacy Libraries 118

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

education system. Since our nation’s beginning, the farm has been a foundation of American society , but too often rural communities do not have broadband access or don’t have access to the digital skills needed on today’s modern farms,” Snapp wrote in a blog post. “As

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Company Microsoft Lenovo STEM 317

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

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. One finding of the report is that schools’ focus on equity is centering on the needs of the individual student rather than on broad systemic inequities.

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Broadband Report Accessibility Examples 136

Neo LMS

JUNE 11, 2019

More often than not, investments are made by schools simply when things go wrong, or existing systems become outdated. For example, there is no point spending thousands of dollars on new equipment if you don’t have the required WiFi connectivity, infrastructure or broadband speed for it. Train the teachers. Train them further.

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EdTech Classroom LMS Training 207

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Here are three alternative ideas for how to ensure students can learn from home when necessary. And broadband Internet connections aren’t available everywhere, especially in rural parts of the U.S. But there are also tools available that run directly off of cell signals, like the tablets that American Prison Data Systems clients use.

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Laptops Tablets Smartphone Mobility 205

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Another in Oregon launched an Amazon-style locker system for students to exchange broken devices. “It Thankfully I have an amazing staff who are very seasoned … I had a number of meetings and said, ‘Here’s the problem, how do we even begin to solve it?’” It seems like since March we’ve not stopped.

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Chromebook Laptops Broadband Accessibility 196

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 15, 2018

Cruzan was joined by LaShona Dickerson, technology director for Lafayette Parish School System in Louisiana, to give CoSN attendees tips on how to better plan for E-rate funding and avoid unnecessary audits. You’d be surprised how much time is spent on this area.”. CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns.

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E-rate Broadband EdTech System 198

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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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 82

Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

For every advantage it may offer over traditional approaches to ‘big iron’ centralized, proprietary IT systems, it imposes new requirements on its users. Blockchain technology may seem magical, but it is not magic. Also disadvantaged will be those with strict data caps on their internet usage.

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Education Broadband Data System 186

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “

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EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2022

million telehealth delivery system grant is funded by the MDE out of the state’s COVID-19 relief funds. 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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Outcomes Exercises Broadband Study 127

Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The survey results demonstrated the urgency of eliminating broadband accessibility as a barrier to remote learning. They set up a robocalling system to reach out to families on a daily basis and only removed a number from the list after it had called back into the Family Support Center. Tracking data.

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Case Study Study Broadband Data 52

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

Still today, New York’s education system is one of the most segregated in the U.S. We secured 450 new devices, I personally configured them and trained teachers and staff how to use them. In the early ‘80s, Brooklyn Tech was one of the best schools in the country, but I was one of only maybe 30 Black kids on a campus of almost 10,000.

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Broadband Libraries Accessibility Training 159

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2022

My parents did not go to college and were not familiar with California’s complex higher education system. 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.

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Broadband Laptops Industry Meeting 78

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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Online Learning Accessibility Technology Learning 125

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “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 110

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2014

RIFLI is also working to increase awareness about the importance of being connected through a partnership with Rhode Island’s public library system. RIFLI offers 25 classes in 12 locations, five days a week, to try to reach individuals not served by the system.

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Assessment Accessibility Tablets Digital Badges 209

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. By enabling progress through a mastery-based system, we would help students build confidence and challenge them in the most personalized way. Not the other way around. Today, 99% of U.S.

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Khan Academy Learning Differentiated Instruction Broadband 161

NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

NCDE hopes that this, and its other collaborative projects with school librarians, with help professionals build capacity as local systemic digital inclusion leaders. For years, Robert has been an advocate for scaling a systemic approach to digital equity. SLL’s team includes the following contributors: Susan D. Ballard; Cassandra G.

Advocacy 81

Advocacy Libraries Broadband System 81

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Despite mounting evidence that schools are not turning out to be major incubators or vectors of Covid-19 transmission, New York City shut down its public school system in November. Many other major school systems remain closed as well. Science in particular is extremely hands-on and almost impossible to grasp virtually.

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STEM Secondary Dropout Elementary 133

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2017

For the first time, many students are learning in classrooms equipped with access to broadband internet and mobile computing devices. Role models give our students an important internal map on who they might be, how to do it and what success looks like. Recall that the first iPhones weren’t released until 2007.

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Robotics Broadband iPhone Data 145

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2019

Take the perennially-popular “50 Best Apps” or “How to Make a Google Form” sessions that crop up every year. We would recommend choosing sessions with presenters who have a history of equity work as they will be better able to address nuances in practice and systems. On the surface, this seems like a strong approach.

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Conference Software Broadband Strategy 140

The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

We are at serious risk of failing to properly educate millions of students this year because we have designed education around schools and systems, as opposed to designing around the learner. They already know how to continue learning outside of school. While inconvenienced, most of their children will be fine during this time.

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Broadband Learning Course Accessibility 109

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2021

It’s been a busy few months for schools reopening—and perhaps an even busier time for the agencies releasing guidance on how to do those reopenings safely. Strategies include bringing in outdoor air—which could mean cracking windows open whenever possible—and ensuring that HVAC systems are set to maximize ventilation.

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Handbook Strategy Broadband Policies 100

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

education system. We need to help educators and students better understand the power grid system, how it impacts them and the changes that are coming, including renewables, storage, and electric vehicles. GHz frequency of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band. Michael Arquin, Founder, KidWind.

EdTech 145

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 145