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Bridging the Digital Divide for Chicago Residents: The Neighborhood Broadband RFP

Education Superhighway

Yet, in Chicago and cities nationwide, Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs) such as apartment buildings and public housing often remain at the center of the digital divide. Recognizing this critical gap, Chicago’s Digital Equity Council prioritized connecting MDUs in its latest Neighborhood Broadband Request for Proposals (RFP).

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5 Ideas to Improve Rural Education in America

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Daisy Dyer Duerr @DaisyDyerDuerr reimagines what rural education can be. Rural education has a significant majority of perpetually impoverished counties in America. This digital divide and poverty create unique challenges. The need for more rural education advocacy. Selected Links from this Episode.

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Digital Equity Act Would Provide $250M Annually to Address Digital Divide

Edsurge

who is the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee, introduced the legislation alongside a group of nine other Democratic co-sponsors in the Senate. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), A companion bill in the U.S. House is expected to follow. It's good stuff.

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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Lines between school and the home became blurred, and in that haze, new forms of innovation emerged at local, national, and individual levels across the education landscape. A Broader View of Education Innovation. Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents.

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How can we close the digital divide?

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The newly released National Education Technology Plan from the U.S. Subscribe today!

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The looming threat that could worsen the digital divide

eSchool News

For more news on E-rate, visit eSN’s IT Leadership page In an era where technology plays a pivotal role in education, the expiration of the E-rate program’s Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) funding poses a significant threat to underserved schools and libraries. Advocacy for the extension or renewal of ECF funding is a critical step.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. We can’t afford not to.”.