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WANRack commits to closing the digital divide

Education Superhighway

Over the past eight years, WANRack has worked with schools and communities to close the digital divide and ensure students have access to digital learning in every classroom, every day. ” WANRack recently delivered on a complex project that utilized federal E-rate and state matching funds in rural Elko County, Nevada.

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After Net Neutrality, Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate

Edsurge

But the tea leaves for E-Rate are pretty positive actually. Rather, it's centered in the popular E-Rate program, which has provided billions of dollars in broadband discounts and infrastructure upgrades to schools and libraries. Early in his tenure, Pai revoked an Obama-era progress report praising E-Rate modernization.

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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Similarly, during the 2019-2020 school year, San Antonio Union School District (California) created the first-ever student board member position. To grow this learning culture beyond their district, Maine Township High School District 207 made all of their e-learning resources available to the public. And the exemplars continue.

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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

After all, in October 2019 the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway declared that nearly 99 percent of U.S. Connected Nation bases the analysis in its “Connect K-12 2020 Executive Summary” on FCC E-Rate application data for the 2020 federal fiscal year. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. That Broadband Gap Bar?

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Top 5 IT and technology trends for 2016

eSchool News

Here are five key trends that CTOs will be watching and reacting to in 2016: The modernized E-rate program. Since it was established 18 years ago, the E-rate program has focused on connecting schools and libraries to the internet. Sheryl Abshire, CTO at Calcasieu Parish Public Schools in Lake Charles, La.,

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

edWeb.net

First, districts need to address the digital divide/homework gap in meaningful ways. Another aspect of the digital divide includes teachers. What’s needed to address the digital divide for all is sustainable, dedicated funding that allows districts to meet the needs of the community. Join the Community.

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State Spotlight: Texas’ Student-Centered Response to COVID-19

ExcelinEd

D uring the 2019 legislative session, Texas lawmakers passed a historic education funding bill, which established a 7 percent per-student funding increase , on average. P rovide s additional funding for schools serving communities with higher poverty rates ; and . Bridging the Digital Divide.