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Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

edWeb.net

And, that makes access to adequate and reliable broadband even more important as the development of new technologies continues. Marc Johnson, Executive Director of East Central Minnesota Educational Cable Cooperative (ECMECC), then provided perspective from a regional and local level on the expanding use of broadband.

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Clear Hurdles to Foster True Innovation in K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

CoSN gathered feedback from experts across the country for its Driving K–12 Innovation series, examining technology trends in education and offering a deep dive into utilizing accelerators and overcoming hurdles. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . The Gap Between Technology and Pedagogy. Digital Equity.

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Clear Hurdles to Foster True Innovation in K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

CoSN gathered feedback from experts across the country for its Driving K–12 Innovation series, examining technology trends in education and offering a deep dive into utilizing accelerators and overcoming hurdles. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . The Gap Between Technology and Pedagogy. Digital Equity.

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Clear Hurdles to Foster True Innovation in K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

CoSN gathered feedback from experts across the country for its Driving K–12 Innovation series, examining technology trends in education and offering a deep dive into utilizing accelerators and overcoming hurdles. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . The Gap Between Technology and Pedagogy. Digital Equity.

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The Friday 4: Your weekly ed-tech rewind

eSchool News

According to Pew Research, 79 percent of surveyed middle and high school teachers report allowing students to access homework online with 76 percent allowing students to submit assignments online. Federal regulators recently opened the door to the next generation of wireless services, making the U.S.

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How the local public library helped one school district cope with Covid

The Hechinger Report

Students were able to come get technological support or a bit of face-to-face homework help. Similarly to Garrett County in Maryland , the geography of this rural district makes broadband access inaccessible for many families. 4 Source: Reported by Oregon Health Authority. 1 Source: County-level statistic. As of Sept.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. . – Kylie Mollicone, third grade teacher.