Edsurge
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The plan separates technological divides — barriers that block some students from full participation — into access, design and use. For example, on a smaller scale, the FCC is looking to enable schools to use its E-rate program to purchase hotspots and devices, Krueger says. There are also other troubles.
Education Superhighway
OCTOBER 31, 2017
In 2014, the Federal Communications Commission modernized the E-rate program with the objective of closing the K-12 digital divide within five years. As a result, 35 million more students have been connected to digital learning and educational opportunity. Why has E-rate modernization worked so well?
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edWeb.net
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
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.
Edsurge
JUNE 11, 2021
One example is New Jersey, where schools and districts were required to submit to the state “a survey weekly of how many students lacked devices and/or WiFi,” according to Erica Hartman, Director of Technology Integration at New Jersey’s Morris School District. Jennifer E. For instance, prior to COVID-19, Section 12100.8
Digital Promise
JANUARY 16, 2015
“If you didn’t have Internet access outside of school, you could learn in my class, but boy would it be at a different pace and rate and difficulty,” he says. The following three resources can help students and families realize the powering of digital learning at home. ” That’s about to change, though.
eSchool News
JULY 25, 2018
Despite a brighter spotlight on digital equity, gaps still remain, including the troubling and persistent homework gap–but a newly-relaunched digital equity toolkit aims to highlight the important work districts across the nation are taking to address equity differences.
eSchool News
JUNE 22, 2016
billion increase in E-rate funding over the last 18 months. E2D, Eliminate the Digital Divide , a non-profit organization has been formed, and together, their collective impact is making strong headway. Students continue to benefit from enhanced connectivity throughout the formal school day thanks to a $1.5
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