Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

EducationSuperHighway created a tool to help schools identify students without internet access at home and, in the process, learned a lot more about the digital divide. Its plan for reaching that goal is outlined in a new report “No Home Left Offline: Bridging the Broadband Affordability Gap.” million U.S.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

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. Schools feel free to approach CEN when they need more bandwidth.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, like many of the nation’s public school systems, is seeing increases in student poverty rates and English language proficiency — trends that could make any existing digital divides worse. But Parkland school leaders are taking proactive steps to improve digital equity.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 9, 2020

EducationSuperHighway will focus on building public-private partnerships to connect over ten million students who lack home broadband. Today, we announced we are delaying our planned sunset to connect students who lack home broadband. Funding: There needs to be federal funding for student home digital access. population.

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Education Superhighway

MARCH 30, 2022

Last year, Congress created the Affordable Connectivity Program, a new long-term, $14 billion programs, to replace the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB) in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

boast broadband access these days, and plenty of assignments require the internet, when students head home, their connections are not quite in lockstep with schools. Thus, there is a homework gap—the problem created when students who use digital learning in class can’t get online at home to finish up their schoolwork.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2015

How K-12 school districts can help extend broadband access to their surrounding communities. And while many Americans do have high-speed broadband at home, such capabilities are not ubiquitous. According to the FCC, a digital divide persists between urban and non-urban parts of the country.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2016

Google’s affordable broadband service is already impacting some communities and schools. The latest Digital Equity report from the Consortium of School Networking paints a rosy picture of an educational environment where students have generally good access to high-speed wi-fi while in school. Google’s strategy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Here is the conference overview: Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

It is also not too surprising, given that for much of this decade businesses and governments have laid the infrastructure needed to support online learning, through enabling better broadband internet access and providing cheap computing devices to schools. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

It will provide more support for students who are struggling in the online environment, it will take some of the burden off of the teachers, and it will help schools support educational equity by creating greater access to services that previously were only available to families that could afford it. – temperature, lighting).

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

Much of what I’ve heard has been about ST Math , but many of these strategies are applicable to any program or situation. Unfortunately, school closures have meant a step backward for many when it comes to the digital divide. Supporting Students and Families. Staying Connected.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Public Schools, digital equity and access to technology at home is a very real problem. ELI is a comprehensive three-year plan to close the digital divide and empower every learner through investment in technology?, information and access for families? and only Isolated good examples? of technology in practice.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

So far, the pandemic has revealed the challenges of conducting education remotely as well as uneven access to Wi-Fi and devices such as laptops. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. How Forest Fires Are Prompting California to Rethink Strategies.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

It has a vital role in providing access to quality education on a more permanent basis. As an educator, you need to establish strategies that make certain the approach is right for every learner. In this article, we’re going to look at a few tools and strategies you can use to approach remote education in a positive, inclusive way.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Some of the strategies they’re using now might easily be extended through the summer months. We must continue to provide access to software, online libraries and educational videos. are doling out computers and providing access to Wi-Fi — ostensibly essential learning tools — because of the coronavirus emergency.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

Her boldest claim: That her administration would close the digital divide by 2020 with 100 percent of American families having the "option" of quality broadband. As for computer science, Hillary aims to expand the number of technical teachers in America to provide broader access to science and engineering curricula.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

Connecting our nation’s schools, libraries, health clinics and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) to next generation high-speed broadband is an important national priority. The SHLB Action Plan gives policy makers a road map for designing a broadband strategy that promotes education, health care and community enrichment.”.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.,

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

The growing ubiquity of internet access and pervasive use of online information has changed the learning landscape forever. A holistic approach will ensure that school-aged children aren’t reduced to little or no access. 3 out of 4 districts have little plan for providing off-campus internet. Together, we’re better.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Students participating in the program will receive either a free smartphone, tablet, laptop, or “hotspot” device that offers them access to the web. history to bridge the digital divide.”. families with children in school do not have home broadband access. The Pew Research Center has estimated that 5 million U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

So his organization is working with the city of Orangeburg and Claflin University to extend the university’s broadband out into the surrounding community at affordable rates. Higher ed has been paying more attention to this idea since pandemic-era remote learning underscored students’ uneven access to computers and internet.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Proposed legislation would ensure students have access to digital learning resources, internet outside of school. New legislation introduced in Congress would support “innovative strategies and methods to increase out-of-school access to digital learning resources” in an effort to boost both student and educator engagement.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. Now, the strategies she had pieced together to survive were being whittled away. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. This story also appeared in HuffPost. We can’t hug you’.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2022

We still have a huge digital divide, a huge homework gap,” Marwell says. schools connected to high-speed broadband over the last decade, turned his attention to household connectivity during the pandemic. EducationSuperHighway tested this strategy in two towns in Massachusetts, Worcester and Springfield.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The Webinars are free, but when you purchase the "Mattering IS the Agenda" toolkit you get exclusive access to the recordings. Find out what inspired these young STEMpreneurs to be global risk takers, then ask them questions and discuss strategies for motivating your own students. More information and login details at YouMatter.me.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2022

For example, members from our own communities who relied on school computers to access the internet were suddenly without this critical resource. Related: OPINION: How targeted federal action could finally chip away at the broadband racism faced by Black students. In too many cases, it’s made matters worse.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 19, 2022

Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released three Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program ($42.5 billion) ; Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program ($1 billion) ; and, State Digital Equity Act programs ? ($1.5

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

To give further context, I’ve sorted them alphabetically, into four categories; (1) those organizations that are instructionally-focused; (2) those that provide supports for technology leadership; (3) those that focus on connectivity and access; and (4) those that focus on data privacy and security. Organization: Code.org ®. URL: code.org.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Contorium for School Networking (CoSN) has developed some best practice strategies for schools looking to directly address the issues of digital equity. The Contorium for School Networking (CoSN) has developed some best practice strategies for schools looking to directly address the issues of digital equity.

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