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EducationSuperHighway and E-rate Consultants: How We Collaborate

Education Superhighway

In our work with state and school district leaders, one of the questions that comes up most frequently is whether we are E-rate consultants. Since E-rate is the primary funding source for broadband Internet for schools nationwide, our mission to connect all of America’s classrooms is intertwined with the program in many ways.

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EducationSuperHighway and E-rate Consultants: How We Collaborate

Education Superhighway

In our work with state and school district leaders, one of the questions that comes up most frequently is whether we are E-rate consultants. Since E-rate is the primary funding source for broadband Internet for schools nationwide, our mission to connect all of America’s classrooms is intertwined with the program in many ways.

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. And, accessibility technologies support learner variability and people with disabilities by ensuring navigation and information display is available in multiple ways.

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Transcription and Accessibility—New Partnerships from Microsoft and Amazon

Edsurge

The company says its transcription technology is also useful at a broader level. Huang tells EdSurge the technology supports 60 languages, meaning a student listening to a professor lecture in English can get a transcription to, say, German. She says that the new technology, however, isn’t perfect.

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Half of school leaders expect significant impact from ESSA

eSchool News

Survey questions ranged across the education spectrum and included the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), technology-supported learning, increasing graduation rates, and serving special needs students. Training staff emerged as the biggest challenge, with procuring and maintaining hardware a close second.

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8 bids later: The power of group negotiations

Education Superhighway

The Northeast Board of Cooperative Educational Services (NE BOCES) provides technology support for 12 Colorado school districts that all needed faster, more reliable Internet access to keep up with growing demands for digital learning. THE CONSORTIUMS UNITE.

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8 bids later: The power of group negotiations

Education Superhighway

The Northeast Board of Cooperative Educational Services (NE BOCES) provides technology support for 12 Colorado school districts that all needed faster, more reliable Internet access to keep up with growing demands for digital learning.

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