Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic upended nearly every aspect of life, how school districts leveraged technology, engaged students in powerful learning, and supported learners and their families fundamentally shifted. The new cohort extends the network’s reach to 125 districts across 34 states, and expands its cumulative impact to 3.8

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

In the year 2020, amid a global pandemic, millions of American students are struggling to get online to do their schoolwork and communicate with others. The technology exists and is available to bridge this gap. It is time that Congress and the FCC allow E-rate support of off-campus educational activities.

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Education Superhighway

MARCH 24, 2020

We understand that now, more than ever, technology and connectivity guidance is critical. While many school district leaders must focus on at-home connectivity and distance education in the short term, long-term technology planning will also shift to address changes made during this time. State E-rate Coordinators Alliance (SECA).

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E-rate Broadband Future Ready Libraries 76

Neo LMS

MAY 28, 2020

A version of this post was originally published in the April 2020 E-Learning Supplement of Education Today. Inevitably, education technology — in all its shapes and sizes — is a big part of any distance learning strategy, as it’s the actual enabler of learning. Challenging.

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LMS Learning E-rate Gamification 334

Neo LMS

APRIL 8, 2021

At Kansas State University, academic integrity violations jumped from 97 cases in the 2019 fall semester to 238 cases in the online-only 2020 spring semester. At University in Florida, compared to the 2019 spring semester, academic integrity violations increased by 65% in the 2020 semester.

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E-rate LMS Learning Assessment 228

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Today’s students see themselves as digital natives , the first generation to grow up surrounded by technology like smartphones, tablets and e-readers. Teachers, parents and policymakers certainly acknowledge the growing influence of technology and have responded in kind. Students first rated their medium preferences.

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E-rate Learning Smartphone Tablets 267

eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2021

We live in a world where learning and technology are intrinsically linked, especially in the minds of our youth. Is there a correlation between technology use and plummeting literacy rates? Technology can engage students and enhance their literacy skills. They modernized it, as if Rosa Parks lived in 2020.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2021

Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey finds homeschooling rates have more than doubled during the pandemic. The Census Bureau finds that between spring 2020 and fall 2020, the percentage of U.S. households in April/May and September/October 2020. Two surveys make it look that way. percent to 11.1 percent to 16.1

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E-rate STEM Survey Conference 169

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

It estimates another 4,300 districts could be upgraded in the 2020-21 academic year. 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. It has also created a nifty visual dashboard with state-by-state drill downs.

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Broadband Report Video EdTech 204

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2021

This year’s 7th most-read story focuses on the myriad ways technology is changing literacy instruction. We live in a world where learning and technology are intrinsically linked, especially in the minds of our youth. Is there a correlation between technology use and plummeting literacy rates? They wrote the play.

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Technology E-rate Analysis Data 121

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

adults lost their main source of internet access as libraries started to shut down in March 2020. Among its recommendations, New America calls on policymakers to “expand the E-Rate Program so that libraries and schools can get discounts on the technology services that patrons and students need to get online from home.”

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Libraries Survey E-rate Report 182

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2021

What we knew from our work since 2018 is that we've been losing school librarians at a pretty alarming rate for a decade,” says Keith Curry Lance, a library statistics and research associate with the RSL Research Group, and co-author of the study. The dropping rate of districts with librarians isn’t a recent change.

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Study E-rate Libraries Trends 218

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 25, 2024

It’s no surprise that by high school, nearly 75% of students report negative feelings – tired, stressed, and bored– about school (Moeller, Brackett, Ivcevic & White, 2020). The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report highlights the rapidly changing landscape of the workforce. Moeller, J., Brackett, M.

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UDL E-rate Blended Learning Classroom 195

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

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. A growing number of technology companies are creating last-mile training opportunities to eliminate a key barrier to their own growth.

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Training Company E-rate Software 201

Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2023

However, as industry and technology have evolved rapidly, inadequate higher education funding and rising costs due to inflation have affected higher education’s responsiveness. 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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ViewSonic Education

JULY 30, 2023

And thanks to evolving technology, this is all possible. Thanks to the technology that allows for writing, editing, and other collaborative features, you can make any meeting more engaging and productive. You can either have them mounted to the wall, placed on a trolley, or have an e-poster system for even more mobility of the display.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 12, 2018

I won’t rehash what I have written previously — but in terms of future-proof work, I found another great resource by McKinsey , that is a well-thought through, rational analysis of the future of work, and well worth a read for anyone interested in the rapid rate of change in the labor economy. Exploring the T-Level Action Plan.

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E-rate Robotics Comparison Industry 213

Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

E-rate is complicated. But complying with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) -- a requirement of E-rate -- doesn't have to be. It also provides an overview of E-rate, with answers to commonly asked questions about eligibility, services supported, and audits. What is E-rate?

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Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

On top of that, knowing we’ve got an equity gap that exists in our district and that about 1,200 of our kids don’t even have access [to technology and the internet] was a tough pill to swallow. Sitka School District prepares for meals on April 7, 2020. So, we’ve been trying to advocate for those mobile hotspots.

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Digital Divide Education Accessibility E-rate 317

eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2024

Joshua Pearce, a professor in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, published a 2019 research review concluding that there is adequate medical-scientific evidence to warrant long-term liability concerns and he recommends cell towers be at least 500 meters away from schools. Birnbaum, L., Ben-Ishai, P.,

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Classroom Tablets E-rate Laptops 144

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Prior to the 2014 Modernization Orders that transformed the E-rate program, all up-front, non-recurring costs over $500,000 had to be amortized over the life of the contract including items like construction costs for new fiber-optic circuits.

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E-rate Technology Education Policies 45

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference EdTech 150

Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010. Globally, edtech spending is predicted to reach $252 Billion by 2020.

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EdTech Common Core Chromebook iPad 176

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

Even before this crisis, concerns were rising about a potential loss of jobs and the rising demand for digital skills due to technologies such as automation and AI. E-commerce purchases of all types have surged. In the last few months the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world and triggered an economic plunge in the U.S.

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Learning Digital Badges E-rate MOOC 211

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

based tutoring company that serves mostly American children, during the height of the pandemic in 2020, just in case something ever fell through with VIPKid—and because Outschool was heating up, she says. The e-card templates VIPKid created for teachers to tell their Chinese students goodbye. But I have other things now.”

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E-rate Company Course Industry 183

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

District technology leaders, she adds, couldn’t fathom that internet service providers would come out and deliver fiber to their schools, much less at affordable rates. billion E-rate program that provides broadband discounts to schools and libraries—along with the U.S. schools. “Our Our value add is largely done.”

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Broadband E-rate Advocacy Industry 143

Hapara

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The district philosophy on technology The district provides each learner with a school-issued Chromebook, an initiative the district fast-tracked because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kim Knigge is the Coordinator of Instructional Technology at Joliet District 86. We’re not just doing technology just to do technology, Kim explains.

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Classroom Chromebook Digital Citizenship E-rate 130

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Squared Online" bridges the gap between the classic classroom experience, where you can’t get scale, and e-learning that can sometimes be a bit dry.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2025

But it wasnt until early 2020, after the boys celebrated their first birthday, that the therapy was scheduled to start. A lot of the struggle came down to logistical and technological barriers, said Zareen Kamal, a policy specialist in Illinois for Start Early, which advocates on early childhood issues.

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Report System Study E-rate 130

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 2, 2020

One of the sites badly damaged was Moore Public Schools’ (MPS) technology center – the technology hub for 24,000 students and 36 instructional buildings across the district. The district’s technology director, Jun Kim, knew the internal Wi-Fi network needed an upgrade even before the tornado.

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Digital Learning E-rate BYOD Secondary 93