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USB-C, USB-B, and USB-A: What’s the Difference?

ViewSonic Education

The first version was released in 1996, and the most recent speed upgrade is USB4, released in 2019, though it is not yet widely implemented. On the other hand, USB-C simplifies things considerably, with fully reversible, bi-directional power capabilities and better data rates. had a data rate of 1.5 had a data rate of 1.5

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Thu, 08/15/2019 - 13:15. Kajeet ’s ConnectEdNow campaign , announced in June, aims to make broadband access more affordable by providing students with portable Wi-Fi hotspot devices, a $200 mobile device subsidy and discounted data plans from Verizon , T-Mobile and other LTE providers. eli.zimmerman_9856. by Erin Brereton.

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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. The district invested in mobile hotspot vehicles that are deployed daily across eight areas of town. Their trainings and materials were used across the country. And the exemplars continue.

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COVID-19 Has Widened the Skills Gap. But It Also Presents an Opportunity to Close It.

Edsurge

When the unemployment rate spiked during the spring of 2020, jobs that required a college degree declined more than those that didn’t, and new college graduates were hit the hardest. Not only did postings for bachelor’s level jobs fall the most, but entry-level jobs also dropped farthest and fastest. With two-thirds of U.S.

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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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Parents of premature babies struggle to get help their children are entitled to

The Hechinger Report

The long-anticipated discharge in the early summer of 2019 was joyful, but also rushed and, as Heath recalls it, somewhat cavalier. Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report By the end of June 2019, Heaths triplets were all at home along with their 1-year-old brother. The family had little idea of how best to support their growth.

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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

Edsurge

America’s Workforce Dilemma During the 2019-2020 academic year, U.S. birth rate has been declining since the 1970s. On the institution side, Jennifer E. With such industrial, technological, infrastructural, societal and economic growth occurring in the country, higher education became seen as a key pathway to success.

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