The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Starting in 2012, an idea floated around Alaska that seemed sort of preposterous. But faster, more affordable broadband could help students navigate the effects of global warming evident in their own backyards. New state leadership will likely shape the future of rural broadband, but in what ways is yet to be determined.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The nonprofit launched in 2012, and when it explored school connectivity data the following year, it found that just 30 percent of school districts had sufficient bandwidth to support digital learning, or 100 kbps per student. When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We

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E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 60

Education Superhighway

APRIL 7, 2015

” Evan was selected from a pool of 13 distinguished candidates for identifying the national problem of school broadband access and pursuing a solution with unwavering dedication. Under Evan’s leadership, we played a crucial role in the effort to modernize E-rate , resulting in the FCC’s commitment to an additional $2.5

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In 2008, the high school graduation rate at Winterboro High School was 63 percent. By 2012, it had risen to 88 percent. Although there are many other factors that could have improved that graduation rate, the engagement that technology can foster—if done well—likely had an impact. So it should be with E-Rate.

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Digital Learning E-rate Broadband Learning 36

Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In 2008, the high school graduation rate at Winterboro High School was 63 percent. By 2012, it had risen to 88 percent. Although there are many other factors that could have improved that graduation rate, the engagement that technology can foster—if done well—likely had an impact. So it should be with E-Rate.

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Digital Learning E-rate Broadband Learning 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

First, learn how to discover new tools rated for learning, mapped to Common Core, and see how other teachers are using them. 1) Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum: A free, research-based K-12 curriculum, aligned to NETS-S and CCSS, is offered in a format for low-tech classrooms, or in e-book format for blended classrooms.

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Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 47

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Education Company E-rate Industry 218

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

Wheeler had been a “champion” of net neutrality and E-rate reform, according to Education Week at least, but his replacement, Trump appointee Ajit Pai, seems poised to lead the agency with a very different set of priorities – and those priorities will likely shape in turn what happens to ed-tech under Trump. .”

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E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 50

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

One other company that rode the wave of the MOOC revolution back in 2012 was MasterClass which offers online classes “from the best,” as its PR puts it. The Post and Courier reported on South Carolina’s charter schools this summer, noting that their graduation rate is half of that at traditional schools – just 42%.

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