Edsurge

MAY 27, 2021

More off-campus broadband access. These are some of the trends that emerged in a recent survey of district technology leaders, reflecting the dramatic changes and unprecedented demand that school-based technology teams experienced during the pandemic. New ways of engaging with families. described digital equity as a pressing concern.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

According to a recent Pew survey , just 61 percent of those surveyed thought K–12 schools were properly teaching reading, writing and math, and only 25 percent thought schools were giving STEM classes enough time in the classroom. education system.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

Multiple studies and surveys have documented the ever-narrowing digital divide. Of the 84 percent of low-income families who have computers and broadband internet access in their homes, a majority remain under-connected. A plurality of those disconnected families rely on mobile phones to get onto the internet. That’s bad news.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The 2024 E-rate survey, conducted in June, garnered 2,355 responses, about 11 percent of all applicants, offering valuable insights into stakeholder experiences and needs. More than 21,000 applicants and 3,700 vendors participate in the E-rate program, emphasizing its vital role in providing internet access for U.S. educational institutions.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This report synthesizes findings from the perspective of 14 teachers on their technology journey as well as from larger island-wide surveys and data. What supports do teachers still need to effectively use technology?

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2021

Broadband access and the ever-growing equity gap are among K-12 IT leaders’ top concerns, according to CoSN’s annual IT Leadership Survey. Efforts to expand broadband access outside of school have increased dramatically.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

That’s one of the key findings in a just-released Common Sense Media survey tracking media habits among children aged 0-8, which also found a narrowing but significant digital divide among lower-income households, and the first signs that virtual reality and internet-connected toys are finding their way into American homes.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls. They’re building their own countywide broadband network. This is an equity issue,” said Bredder. “If The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2019

School wi-fi and broadband connectivity are showing improvement, due largely to an increased investment from the federal E-rate program’s modernization, according to a new report from CoSN. These strides demonstrate the impact of the E-Rate modernization, as well as state investments in rural broadband.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 7, 2018

In The Gallup 2017 Survey of K–12 School District Superintendents , 67 percent of respondents said the quantity of new teacher candidates is decreasing and 39 percent said the quality is also declining. Wed, 03/07/2018 - 10:00. Recruiting talented teachers there, however, is no longer an issue thanks to videoconferencing technology.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2018

Cost remains the biggest hurdle for schools trying to increase broadband connectivity speeds for students, according to CoSN’s 2017 Annual Infrastructure Survey. Next page: A positive trend in broadband costs.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 9, 2020

However, 94 percent of K–12 superintendents nationwide said their district still hadn’t announced a timetable for reopening and resuming in-person instruction as of May, according to a recent survey by The School Superintendents Association (AASA). That said, there’s certainly a lot for school leaders to think about.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 8, 2020

However, 94 percent of K–12 superintendents nationwide said their district still hadn’t announced a timetable for reopening and resuming in-person instruction as of May, according to a recent survey by The School Superintendents Association (AASA). That said, there’s certainly a lot for school leaders to think about.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 18, 2018

These are critical questions, and we are committed to ensuring that when it comes to our work, the answers around our use of broadband data are clear. As a result, more schools can upgrade their broadband networks and give their students equal access to countless digital learning opportunities. TRANSPARENCY DRIVES CHANGE.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A state-wide district survey was later launched to determine the specifics of device ownership and internet connectivity at the local levels. “We In the following weeks Wright and her team at the MDE developed a comprehensive state-wide digital learning plan and cost model to close the digital divide based on data from the district survey.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

So there’s a rich data set on everything from playing games to reading for pleasure, based on a nationally representative survey of nearly 1,700 U.S. Its primary focus is media used for entertainment. kids ages 8-18 that was conducted in March and early April of this year. That’s up 12 minutes for teens and 7 minutes for tweens since 2015.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Surveys of remote college students show that their top priorities are convenience and flexibility. or in disadvantaged countries abroad that lack robust broadband options depend on mobile devices to participate online. This survey asked a broader group of students, while the Wiley study quizzed those in online programs only.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Tracy Smith, Parkland’s assistant to the superintendent for operations, spoke with EdTech about the district’s strategies and best practices for improving digital equity and shared her hopes for bringing broadband to every home in the Lehigh Valley region. . EDTECH: What challenges related to digital equity are you facing in your district?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later. Nearly 60 percent of survey respondents stated that the number of school-issued devices had increased “a lot” since the pandemic began.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures. Now, a set of surveys from the think tank New America finds adults’ education is suffering, too, as public libraries closed during the pandemic. 2,200), U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Broadband access and the ever-growing equity gap are among K-12 IT leaders’ top concerns, according to CoSN’s annual IT Leadership Survey. Efforts to expand broadband access outside of school have increased dramatically. The homework gap evolved into an “everything gap” for disadvantaged students.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Gamino, New York City’s Chief Technology Officer, in an interview with EdSurge earlier this month, noting his office’s desire to close the “homework gap” caused by lack of broadband connection in homes. Stringer said.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 1, 2019

Our research has shown that school districts across the country pay vastly different prices for similar broadband services. Tools like EducationSuperHighway’s broadband price transparency website Compare & Connect K-12 can equip your team with data to negotiate better pricing.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Second, district leaders should be “surveying, surveying, surveying,” to understand how parents experienced the spring distance learning experiment, whether they still lack sufficient devices or broadband connectivity, and whether they need additional technical support.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Since before the pandemic, Benjamin Skinner has been researching broadband access and how lack of home internet impacts students’ ability to do online work. Last summer, Skinner and his colleagues at University of Florida, professor Hazel Levy and doctoral candidate Taylor Burtch, began researching broadband history and differences in access.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This year’s survey collected information from state leaders in 46 states and included questions relating to the 2024 National Educational Technology Plan that was released earlier this year by the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

One example is New Jersey, where schools and districts were required to submit to the state “a survey weekly of how many students lacked devices and/or WiFi,” according to Erica Hartman, Director of Technology Integration at New Jersey’s Morris School District. Still, no new regulations have yet emerged from that data gathering.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2018

A recent Mobile Beacon report analyzing mobile broadband usage by non-profit organizations, including schools, finds that schools utilizing Mobile Beacon’s 4G LTE internet service indicate that the ability to supplement and/or extend existing school networks is the greatest benefit of the service.

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techlearning

MARCH 12, 2018

CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) today released the findings from its 2018 K-12 IT Leadership Survey Report. The results show that school leaders place a high priority on cyber security and broadband / network capacity.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

However, 94 percent of K–12 superintendents nationwide said their district still hadn’t announced a timetable for reopening and resuming in-person instruction as of May, according to a recent survey by The School Superintendents Association (AASA). That said, there’s certainly a lot for school leaders to think about.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 10, 2020

However, 94 percent of K–12 superintendents nationwide said their district still hadn’t announced a timetable for reopening and resuming in-person instruction as of May, according to a recent survey by The School Superintendents Association (AASA). That said, there’s certainly a lot for school leaders to think about.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

A Strada Public Viewpoint survey released in June found that Black and Latino students are more likely than white students to have changed or canceled their education plans because of the pandemic. Related: OPINION: College in a pandemic is tough enough — without reliable broadband access, it’s nearly impossible.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Audit your student’s access: Draw up a short survey, (try the one on page 11 of this study ) that your students fill in. This will give you an accurate picture of the access needs and opportunities amongst your student population. Get creative: Using both steps 1 and 2 above you will be able to draw up a matrix of access opportunities.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. Now adding to that list is one of the most thorough efforts—a new survey from Gallup and NewSchools Venture Fund , a nonprofit that provides grants to education technology and innovation efforts.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The data shows that, nationally, more than 1 in 4 low-income survey respondents do not subscribe to home internet service. Many survey respondents and focus group participants who qualified for the ACP program said they had not explored enrolling due to the belief that they were ineligible for the program.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

That’s according to the sixth annual broadband and infrastructure report released by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a nonprofit made up of K-12 school technology leaders. In the survey, school district representatives also answered questions about E-rate, broadband connectivity, cloud computing and data interoperability.

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