The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 25, 2021
But there is one essential that has always been scarce in this part of the country and that she couldn’t stock up on: Broadband access. Perry’s home isn’t wired for broadband access. Only 13 percent of New Mexico’s population has access to a low-price internet service plan, according to Broadband Now, a research group.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
As iPads, laptops and other learning gadgets increasingly make their way into K-12 schools, there’s one resource that more than 21 million students still lack access to in the United States: high-speed internet. “We billion Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that helps 96 percent of schools get more affordable broadband.
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Edthena
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Earlier this month, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released their report, The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning. In it, education leaders advocate strongly for policymakers to increase broadband internet access in support of student learning. Vrain Valley Schools.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 25, 2021
As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.
eSchool News
APRIL 28, 2015
Novatel Wireless, Kajeet launch pilot project for educational broadband access. In the past two years, Spartanburg School District Seven has attempted to put technology in the hands of all its children by providing all students in grades 3 through 12 with either an Apple iPad or MacBook Air.
Edsurge
AUGUST 24, 2022
As summer vacation winds down, thousands of devices—including Chromebooks, iPads, and laptops—are in the care of school district IT departments. Before the pandemic, the state ranked lowest on the number of broadband subscribers per capita. But allocating funding for broadband made MDE’s 1:1 initiative more likely to succeed.
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
billion to the FCC for the creation of the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBBP) so that eligible low-income households may receive a discount off the cost of broadband service and certain connected devices during an emergency period relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2020, Congress appropriated $3.2
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