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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

edWeb.net

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. More important, states are starting to recognize the need for equitable access off site.

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6 Edtech New Year’s Resolutions

Tom Murray

Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “ Commit to Student Privacy and Clearly Articulate Policies to Stakeholders. With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity.

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Final Speakers List + Registration for October 6th "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

What can we learn from library innovators and innovators from other sectors and industries that will help us shape the future we want and that our communities aspire towards? Prior to joining the School as Director, she worked in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade at major technology companies: Hewlett Packard and Microsoft.

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Announcing Speakers Plus Bonus Downloads for "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

What can we learn from library innovators and innovators from other sectors and industries that will help us shape the future we want and that our communities aspire towards? Prior to joining the School as Director, she worked in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade at major technology companies: Hewlett Packard and Microsoft.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Ref Rodriguez, like most of the current members of the LAUSD school board, has strong financial backing from the charter school industry. It points to policies the university can pro-actively ennact, and laws that could have been enforced by university police.” Via The LA Times : “ L.A.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Education Politics. ” (In Cleveland.). Yik Yak has raised $73.5

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Edsurge on the business of OER. Everything about our lives has moved beyond the industrial era. ” Via CItyLab : “The Problem With America’s New National Broadband Map.” ” Inside Higher Ed reports on a Foreign Policy report: “ China Intensifying Oversight of U.S. .” schools. .”