Digital Divide E-rate Study 
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
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. Connect All Students: How States and School Districts Can Close the Digital Divide” is a follow up to a June analysis by Boston Consulting Group and Common Sense.
Education Superhighway
JANUARY 23, 2018
What will it take to bridge the digital divide? And although there are many mechanisms in place to accomplish that goal, none has been nearly as instrumental as the FCC’s E-rate program. Since 1998, E-rate has made that belief an attainable, affordable goal for school districts.
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eSchool News
JANUARY 3, 2024
A critical finding is that school districts that are meeting the 1 Mbps per student goal are also getting access at a much lower rate than those districts not meeting that benchmark,” said Emily Jordan, Vice President of Education Initiatives, CN. “In Why students should have internet access at home When it comes to digital equity , U.S.
eSchool News
MAY 10, 2016
Unfortunately, the digital divide is a very real barrier to success in our community,” said Audra Bluehouse, an English teacher at Hatch Valley High. “We The Hatch Valley schools receive the FCC’s E-Rate initiative, which reimburses schools and libraries for expenses related to internet access.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
As high-speed internet service becomes more ubiquitous in American households, some readers might be surprised to find out that a “digital divide” exists in many of our schools. So the digital divide in fact is a misnomer; it’s really a terrestrial digital divide as the FCC itself has now concluded.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
But nowhere is the digital divide larger than in the Black rural South. New research from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies puts these challenges in perspective. A quarter of Black teens reported not being able to do their homework for lack of reliable internet access — nearly twice the rate of white teens.
Doug Levin
JULY 24, 2017
” that by 2019 half of all high school classes will be taught over the internet ; Raised questions about a new study on personalized learning ; Added four new incidents to the K-12 cyber incident map ; and. graduation rates — up to a record 83 percent — and whether it is real or an elaborate scam. I think the latter."
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