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Benjamin Herold of Education Week has put together a real cracker of a series on the challenges of ensuring school broadband access in rural communities – and how E-rate (pre- and post-modernization) is helping to address the situation. We should demand more of our political leaders and from our education advocacy organizations.
Teachers and students are well on their way to fulfilling the mission of seeing 99 percent of all schools connected to next-generation broadband, according to the “2018 State of States Report” from EducationSuperHighway. million students and 1,356 schools lack basic infrastructure needed for digital learning, according to the report.
Over the last two-and-a-half years, students’ math and reading scores saw a historic decline, according to the results of a Congressionally-mandated test—known as the “nation’s report card.” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, in a briefing with reporters, called the results “appalling and unacceptable.” This was already well known.
Instead, EducationSuperHighway is sunsetting because, well, that’s what Marwell always intended it to do—once the organization reached its expressed goal of connecting 99 percent of K-12 students to high-speed broadband. In 2017, EducationSuperHighway’s annual “State of the States” report declared 94 percent of U.S.
million broadband connections, according to the FCC. There’s plenty of data showing that student performance has been negatively impacted [by the pandemic],” said Phillip Lovell, associate executive director at the education advocacy nonprofit, All4Ed. The first two rounds of funding have connected approximately 10.6
A federal report on students’ home access to digital learning resources is months late, and ed-tech groups say the delay is impeding efforts to close the homework gap. “We think there’s a big problem, and we need good data around it,” says CoSN CEO Keith Krueger. “This is critical.”
A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. The report highlights the pivotal role state leaders and policymakers play in helping districts and schools implement high-speed broadband and wi-fi in schools. K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity.
Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.
Sponsored by ClassLink Through the Driving K-12 Innovation series, CoSN continues to share high-quality trend reports supporting emerging technology in K-12 education to transform learning. These tools include artificial intelligence (AI), untethered broadband and connectivity, and a rich digital ecosystem.
Hispanic or Latinx, Black, African American and multiracial students, on average, reported dealing with more obstacles than white or Asian students. This story about social workers was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.
Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof.
Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof.
In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.
According to a CoSN report , more than half of school districts and about one-third of public schools in the United States are in rural areas. These rural districts face the four significant challenges: broadband access, funding, people, and understanding the “why.” Challenges.
Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. ” Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report.
EducationSuperHighway and our partners across the broadband space have been busy advocating for ACP renewal, and we are starting to see positive progress. Here are three simple ways to advocate for ACP renewal: Step One: Share Your Story Our most powerful tools for ACP advocacy are personal stories about the impact of the ACP.
How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Rebecca Klein contributed reporting to this story. Are We Ready?
Broadband and network capacity is school technology leaders’ top priority, according to the results of an annual IT leadership survey from CoSN. Report: 41 percent of schools are under-connected. In this week’s news: The top 10 school IT leader concerns. All the ways iOS 9.3 will impact school iPad rollouts.
The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. As defined by the CoSN report, accelerators are megatrends that drive change.
When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We EducationSuperHighway’s advocacy supported the district’s efforts perfectly. And Marwell wants all of them to experience the types of teaching and learning high-speed internet access facilitates.
Common Sense Kids Action, the advocacy arm of Common Sense Media, and SETDA will work together this year and in 2016 and 2017 to encourage digital leaders to file applications for E-rate program funding. Material from a press release was used in this report.
There are also Education Stabilization Fund – Rethink Education Models (ESF-REM) grants, and they also can be used to provide broadband access as part of a new education model. Gentz reports that there has been confusion about deadlines, many of which are federal but some of which are state imposed.
Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. He suggested, for example, that teachers could email students a video link to a news report of a controversial issue, or a historical documentary, along with a few key questions and a post-viewing writing prompt.
The Federal Communications Commission estimates that about 21 million Americans lack broadband access, with an independent research group indicating the actual number is twice as high. Credit: Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Reporting contributed by Neal Morton. Another low-tech resource schools are tapping?
.” And in Delaware , “Authorities have arrested two Smyrna high school students in connection with threats involving clowns and bombs ,” the AP reports. ” “ Clown College Calls National Rash of Rumored Clown Scares ‘Troubling’,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
At least one Duke University study suggested that the arrival of broadband service in North Carolina between 2000 and 2005 correlated with a small, but significant dip in reading and math scores for elementary school students. After the camp, 63 percent reported an interest in the field. Read more about Blended Learning.
In a March 16 memo, the principal of Kaibeto Boarding School in Arizona, a bureau-operated school, asked staff to report to work from March 23 to April 3 while the school was closed, according to a document reviewed by HuffPost. Some students and staff at Rocky Ridge later reported symptoms consistent with Covid-19, according to ProPublica.
Via Education Week : “ FCC Delays, Denials Foil Rural Schools’ Broadband Plans.” ” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. “ Hackers Target Nation’s Schools,” The Wall Street Journal reports.
Credit: Young Kim for The Hechinger Report. “In This story is one of four produced by local reporters under Hechinger’s inaugural Local News Fellowship project. Credit: Young Kim for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Young Kim for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Young Kim for The Hechinger Report. billion and $5.5
Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms.
” asks The Hechinger Report. Deregulation of for-profits is “likely,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “ Harvard ’s Computer Science 50: ‘Introduction to Computer Science I’ saw a significant drop in enrollment at Yale University as it kicks off its second year,” The Harvard Crimson reports.
One of the flaws, I think, of much of the reporting on education technology is that it treats “ed-tech” as a product without a politics and without a practice. This reporting treats “ed-tech” as a product built in and by Silicon Valley, not as something built in and by public institutions around the world.
But the struggling sector’s political giving is down since peaking in 2012,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” ” The article draws on the latest report from investment bank Berkery Noyes.
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