eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It reported one of the highest rates of ransom payment, with 47 percent of K-12 educational organizations paying the ransom requested. To keep students, educators, and staff safe, school departments need help funding robust security systems that prevent these harmful and costly incidents from happening.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Key points: Cybersecurity remains a major concern among school IT leaders, and many schools would like these services included in the E-rate program Schools and libraries continue to depend on the E-rate funding for internet connections and affordable pricing See related article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The federal E-rate program remains a vital and trusted funding source to bring “mission-critical” internet access to schools and libraries, according to an annual report tracking trends and developments related to the federal funding stream. Key 2021 report findings include: 1.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

public education system falls in the middle of international quality rankings. Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. Over the past two decades, the FCC through its E-Rate program has connected just about every U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

But the tea leaves for E-Rate are pretty positive actually. Rather, it's centered in the popular E-Rate program, which has provided billions of dollars in broadband discounts and infrastructure upgrades to schools and libraries. But the tea leaves for E-Rate are pretty positive actually.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2018

Increasingly, the answer is the campus library. These days more colleges are setting up support systems to encourage OER adoption, and to help professors navigate the differences that come with using open materials rather than adopting a commercial textbook. Sometimes there’s no option,” he said. “If And it kind of hinders everything.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

For more than 20 years, the Federal Communications Commission has directed the multi-billion dollar E-rate program, which provides taxpayer-supported construction and service discounts that districts and libraries can use toward internet costs. The program isn't static, and changes big and small continue to shape its direction.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2021

Funds For Learning announces that the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) opened the E-rate filing window on January 15, 2021, and will accept applications until March 25, 2021. The 24th year of the E-rate program enters a new phase of regulations intended to increase equity and streamline the application process.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Key points: Without continued funding, schools and libraries may struggle to maintain or upgrade technological infrastructure See article: 3 ways the E-rate program helps level up learning See article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding?

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2019

implemented Lightspeed Systems’ Relay , the service helped the district avoid four potential crisis situations. Less than a year after Morgan County R-I School District in Stover, Mo., In Alabama, Marshall County Schools received grant funding for safety upgrades such as security cameras and door locks.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Students are not required to have any devices, and the system works using printable flash cards, that students flash for their answers. This web-based platform allows teachers to create a single beautiful e-book collecting and notating all source work, references and standards in one sharable place. Ebookadabra.

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 30, 2023

Using presentation display systems such as projectors, wireless presentation displays, and interactive flat-panel displays are the best solutions to consider if you want to create a more collaborative and engaging meeting space. Forbes wrote an interesting article about when designers should choose intuitive vs. learned software systems.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Our third Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Libraries and Privacy: Critical Issues for Information Professionals ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join this Library 2.0 Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

We focus a lot on the K-12 system of the United States in our blog , and I thought it would be fun and interesting to explore how countries in the developing world are facing their specific educational challenges with blended learning models. The pilot generated positive results with the average successful pass rate being 86% across topics.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is one of the first documents that really gives schools a roadmap for looking at their technology systems as a whole, says Lindsay Jones, the chief executive officer of CAST, a nonprofit that advocates for equitable learning conditions. It’s intensified the long-standing desire to deliver a truly inclusive education system.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 4, 2018

Dr. Laurie Korte talks about e-learning design that engages learners and common mistakes of e-learning and blended learning classrooms. A lot of times, a Learning Management System, where their online classroom can seem generic, and antiquated and stressful. She teaches online and gets all these great ratings.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Especially important is a strategy to align digital learning plans to participation in the E-rate program and any state programs designed to meet similar ends (including those beyond K-12 education that support broadband build out to universities, hospitals, libraries, or public safety institutions).

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

During a recent edWebinar , edtech experts provided an overview of the E-Rate program, state matching funds, and ways to obtain grants for technological development. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. In 2010 the FCC appointed her to the USAC board representing the nation’s schools and libraries on ERATE.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

per semester for what it calls Cengage Unlimited, its full e-library, and another $50 for access to a related homework system that professors often assign with the textbook. That pricing comes in slightly lower than a similar model offered by Cengage, which charges $69.99 No student should have to pay to do their homework.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2023

The Expansion of America’s Higher Education System During this same period of time, a new class of wealthy industrialists and a prosperous middle class was birthed as a result of industrialization and a population boom. Clearly, the country’s higher education system has come a long way. birth rate has been declining since the 1970s.

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Brainscape

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A spaced repetition system is like the Goldilocks of studying. For example, instead of memorizing the quadratic formula once (and forgetting it by next Tuesday), a spaced repetition system ensures that you refresh that knowledge regularly. How does this system know how often to show you concepts again? Through your feedback!

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

.— On June 6, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to approve the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program. This three-year initiative aims to bolster the cybersecurity defenses of school and library broadband networks by providing up to $200 million in Universal Service Fund support.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

E-commerce purchases of all types have surged. This is already evident in the latest national job-market data, which shows a 15 percent unemployment rate for high school graduates with no college and 13 percent for those with some college or an associate degree—compared to 7 percent for individuals with a bachelor’s or higher.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Our third Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Libraries and Privacy: Critical Issues for Information Professionals ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join this Library 2.0 Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

We’re all feeling out of our depth right now as we contend with the fear of the virus, the anxiety of an economic shutdown, and, now, the virtual remaking (pun intended) of our education system. There are entire libraries of free and low-cost apps to help students master more challenging content and develop higher-order skills.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2016

Big E-rate changes mean schools must chart a new path. A bigger annual cap isn’t the only recent change to the E-rate program. We asked E-rate guru John Harrington, CEO of Funds for Learning, for his application-time thoughts and advice. They may have to call to get into the new system.”.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2024

In 2020, the New Hampshire State Commission on 5G released a Final Report recommending that cell towers be distanced from schools and that Wi-Fi be replaced with safer technology in schools and libraries. Teacher unions have passed resolutions and numerous resources are available to educate students on safer ways to use modern technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

And hopefully, we can build a space, an education system, and develop it so that our students are fit for the 21st century and can go on to be successful in this new world. They have a wonderful lesson library that they've created as well. One of the tools that I think I've seen educators most excited about is Curipod.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2022

Needless to say, K-12 schools must be CIPA compliant to use E-Rate discounts, but those schools and libraries that do not receive the fundings do not have this obligation. In a nutshell, the DNS system matches IP addresses and the names of the websites working as a phonebook of the Internet.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

PublicSchoolWORKS became possible in the late ’90s when the government launched the E-Rate Program. For instance, Wayzata Public Schools piloted PublicSchoolWORKS’ Student Accident Management System with district nurses and the administrative team during the school year. She said, ‘I don’t know how we did without this system.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

graduation rates — up to a record 83 percent — and whether it is real or an elaborate scam. Tagged on: July 23, 2017 ED warns schools of another widespread ransomware attack | Future of Ed Tech e-Newsletter → In light of a recent widespread ransomware attack, the U.S. So why do I still want schools to use them? Unified gets a $3.26-million

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 21, 2022

Now, the ongoing efforts to develop and secure schools’ computer systems remain crucial and challenging as district officials respond to fast-changing situations and make plans for the future. McKerley sees the current ESSER and E-Rate funding as “once-in-a-generation” opportunities to address these goals. Pandemic Responses.

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Brainscape

OCTOBER 28, 2024

All of this makes studying with spaced repetition tricky unless you have a tool or system with a built-in spaced repetition algorithm that automatically shows you exactly the individual concepts you need to see at exactly the times you need to see them. Sadler, P., & Good, E. ”—let’s keep talking science.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2019

On the flip side, research by the Annie E. I still remember my excitement to borrow books from the school library so that I could better understand life beyond my poverty-stricken world. Third-grade reading proficiency rates improved across most Universal schools from 10 to 20 percentage points during the five years of the initiative.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The organization lobbied the Federal Communications Commission to allow districts to get or improve their Wi-Fi with money from a program called E-rate. E-rate is funded by collecting fees that telecommunications companies pass on to customers, and it supports massive discounts on goods and services for schools and libraries.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Libraries, connectivity, and more are big issues for IT professionals. Here are five key trends that CTOs will be watching and reacting to in 2016: The modernized E-rate program. Since it was established 18 years ago, the E-rate program has focused on connecting schools and libraries to the internet.

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techlearning

AUGUST 27, 2018

McMinn County School System in Athens, Tenn., Our classrooms previously had projectors and interactive whiteboards, but they were aging, with some being anywhere from seven to 10 years old,” said Mickey Blevins, superintendent for the McMinn County School System. And the minute that happens, some kids won’t pay as much attention. “I

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