Digital Promise

JUNE 9, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the inequitable access to technology and broadband, particularly for students who have been traditionally marginalized. Always-available technology and broadband access. What learning looks like and how it is delivered has changed forever. A clear, inclusive, and easily accessible transformation plan.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2019

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. Broadband access still is limited in some rural areas.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

.” The report, informed by federal, state, and local government leaders, researchers, nonprofit organizations, industry representatives, and K-12 students and teachers, builds upon SETDA’s previous research, including the Broadband Imperative series and recent State Edtech Trends reports.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Besides expanding internet use, districts can outfit makerspaces with the proper tools and technology — laptops, 3D printing, coding kits — for students to get started. As such, modern libraries should be outfitted with robust broadband and plenty of places for students and educators to charge equipment.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2020

Sadly, though, the reality is that millions of Americans — in rural and urban areas alike, and including many underrepresented minorities — lack the reliable broadband connections needed to access postsecondary and K-12 education in a nation that remains in partial lockdown. Related: A school district is building a DIY broadband network.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2021

Many people witnessed the change in technology from dial-up modems to broadband. You can increase online privacy and safety for your child by implementing specific techniques and tools. Data encrypting tools encrypt your data in different forms. This way, even cybercriminals with advanced tools cannot breach and decode.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

However, it’s not enough for teachers to simply use technology tools. Teachers need to be able to effectively use technology, select appropriate tools, and integrate technology into the curriculum in order to have impactful technology use. To learn more about the case study in Puerto Rico, download the full report.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Eric Bredder (second from left), a teacher at Monticello High School, confers with students using the CNC milling machine, one of several computer-guided fabrication tools used by his classes. But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 7, 2018

Virtual Tools Bring Better Teachers to Remote Schools. Using videoconferencing systems, cloud-based collaboration learning platforms and satellite-based broadband communications , district leaders have given students access to better teachers and more diverse classes, EdTech reports. Rural districts in the mainland U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Since our nation’s beginning, the farm has been a foundation of American society , but too often rural communities do not have broadband access or don’t have access to the digital skills needed on today’s modern farms,” Snapp wrote in a blog post. “As Google Offers Digital Skills Workshops and Coaches.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

From broadband to Wi-Fi, this funding bridges the digital divide, empowering students with equitable access to educational resources, fostering innovation, and ultimately, shaping a brighter future for students.” “The E-rate program is crucial for modern education.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

As we discovered in the spring, some families still lack the devices or broadband connectivity they need for remote learning, despite mobile computing being a ubiquitous facet of our lives. That sad reality had school districts scrambling to provide devices and broadband access to students when the pandemic originally closed schools.

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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. And about 62 percent said they were not aware of tools created to help them manage their internet use and request bandwidth upgrades.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Many states are taking innovative steps to address this challenge, implementing targeted funding initiatives to bring affordable broadband to low-income communities. million in broadband infrastructure, funded by the Treasurys Capital Projects Fund, prioritizing low-income and multi-family housing. Connecticut Investing $40.8

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 18, 2018

Increasingly, users of digital platforms, tools, and networks around the world are learning how important it is that their data is collected and used transparently and ethically. 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.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

However, with the sheer amount of technology available, it can be challenging to identify those resources, products, or tools that tick all the boxes. For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch. Therefore, you need the tools and resources to assist.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2017

A free tool from nonprofit EducationSuperHighway is intended to help district technology leaders compare broadband and connectivity information with other districts nearby and across the nation. Next page: District success stories and highlights of the new tool).

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

As school districts begin budget talks for the 2018-19 school year, the tool can be impactful in convincing school board members and superintendents about the need to negotiate for better contracts—especially for those who were unaware of the tool during this cycle. For more, visit www.compareandconnectk12.org.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The guide included a budgeting tool to assist districts in determining their technology needs based on counts of students and teachers and inventory on devices, software, and connectivity. Plans are also underway for extending broadband to Mississippi’s rural communities, digitizing a landscape that has long been known as a digital desert.

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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

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In households with incomes under $30,000 a year, 44 percent lack home broadband and 46 percent lack a computer. Our community sees her as a useful tool, a trusted way to get their questions answered quickly. Reliance on email and school websites for communication is even less effective with lower income families. Yes, she’s a chatbot.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

EducationSuperHighway created a tool to help schools identify students without internet access at home and, in the process, learned a lot more about the digital divide. Its plan for reaching that goal is outlined in a new report “No Home Left Offline: Bridging the Broadband Affordability Gap.” million U.S. African Americans make up 13.4

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

APRIL 21, 2016

The majority of classrooms are connected to the Internet, but that doesn't mean they have the capabilities to use digital tools as intended. Slow broadband was impeding teachers' use of our product, so we had to adapt. Click the headline to read the full post. Email websupport@epe.org.

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Tom Murray

MAY 23, 2018

” after Facebook introduced a new tool inside the app to find wifi nearby. Although introduced for convenience, this tool can support students without home access. In this Lifeline Modernization Order , the Commission included broadband as a support service in the Lifeline program for those in need.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

And today, the organization that helped Hering’s district reach its bandwidth goals released Compare & Connect K-12 , a new free tool that CEO Evan Marwell says will help provide high-speed broadband at lower costs for school leaders looking to amp up students’ digital access. “We Still, the tool isn’t for everybody.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

However, with the sheer amount of technology available, it can be challenging to identify those resources, products, or tools that tick all the boxes. For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch. Has internet connectivity been ensured?

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

We all read about glamorous examples of 1:1 programs where students enjoy an almost Utopian relationship with their school and teachers via a host of remarkable digital tools. 59% of teachers feel the digital tools they use frequently are effective. 59% of teachers feel the digital tools they use frequently are effective.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

APRIL 21, 2016

It suggests that the vast majority of students have access to broadband capabilities. The goal of Obama’s ConnectED initiative is to equip every school in the country with high-speed broadband by 2018 at speeds greater than 100 Mbps. That leaves us with at least five more years of classrooms with insufficient broadband.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

After all, schools have seen a rush of new devices and tools in the past few years, especially since the pandemic forced so much remote learning. There are some attempts to plug the cavernous hole that would leave in funding broadband advances.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Boosted by Broadband Core to the company’s offering is its leveled reading tool, which lets teachers and students find instructional materials that challenge students based on their Lexile-measured reading level. A key to Newsela’s growth has been the growing broadband internet access now available to many K-12 schools, Sanchez adds.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

boast broadband access these days, and plenty of assignments require the internet, when students head home, their connections are not quite in lockstep with schools. schools to high-speed broadband nears completion. schools to high-speed broadband nears completion. While most schools in the U.S.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

Unless you’ve been living on the moon for the last decade you will also know that mobile is booming: the statistics bare this out with a 20% year-on-year increase in the uptake of mobile broadband (data) subscriptions. Income vs. Access: The Digital Divide in the US. Source: LEE RAINIE ). So keep an eye on the NEO Blog!

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Be sure to consider the alignment of your strategy and expectations to the broadband internet infrastructure needed to support it. If states are serious about driving positive change via federal educational technology investments in ESSA, it will require a commitment to proactive and visionary leadership.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

So his organization is working with the city of Orangeburg and Claflin University to extend the university’s broadband out into the surrounding community at affordable rates. Research shows that like education, it has spillover benefits for society.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2021

trillion infrastructure bill into law, our nation is poised to make historic investments in its highways, public transit, railways, airports, ports, water systems, broadband networks and electric grid. When school districts spend months implementing a new edtech tool, they often learn a great deal—and they learn it the hard way.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

“My goal for this year is to see how I’ll make [digital tools] effective in the classroom.”. billion Emergency Connectivity Fund, which allows schools to apply for funds to pay for home broadband and devices for their students. Barriers for high-quality broadband include affordability and availability.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

A new free tool launching later this year will provide critical information on K-12 internet pricing and availability across the nation. The tool, called Connect K-12, will provide actionable internet speed and pricing information on K-12 broadband connectivity across America using publicly available data from the federal E-rate program.

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