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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

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During a recent edWebinar , edtech experts provided an overview of the E-Rate program, state matching funds, and ways to obtain grants for technological development. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. is one of the nation’s leading experts in E-rate and is passionate in her work to close the digital divide.

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Carolina Certified Version of OpenSciEd for Middle School Receives All-Green Rating from EdReports

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BURLINGTON, NC – Leading school science supplier Carolina Biological Supply Company announced that its Certified Version of OpenSciEd for grades 6 to 8 received all-green ratings from non-profit EdReports. For information, Carolina encourages educators to visit its online page at [link] to learn about its versions of OpenSciEd.

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Transforming Compton’s Schools into a STEAM Pipeline for Students

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99% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, but the district’s graduation rate is now over 90%, exceeding the state and national averages. District administrators were able to obtain grants from companies such as Apple and Verizon and leverage their location to build partnerships with Boeing and other firms.

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Get Started with Digital Citizenship in Your District

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Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines. Digital Learning & Leadership is a free professional learning community where you can share, learn, and discuss ideas and best practices to enhance teaching with technology. Join the Community.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

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Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. There are no cap limits, no throttle rates, and no chastising schools when they need extra bandwidth. Included in the new report and accompanying website are case studies of success stories. Join the Community.

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How today’s tech departments are moving into the future

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Gabe Soumakian: With E-rate modernization, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and more taking place at once, what are you looking at in terms of changes to the way you’re funding technology these days? Stuart Burt : When they changed E-rate a couple years ago, it was a learning curve.

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Leading Change | Voices from #FETC

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Some of the biggest companies in the world today didn’t exist 10 years ago, and some of the biggest brands don’t own the content they distribute. Uber, the largest taxi company, owns no human driven taxis. If we don’t get the instructional design right, we just speed up the rate of failure. D elegate.