eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Common Sense, SETDA unveil toolkit to help states, schools apply for billions in federal aid under the E-rate program modernization. A new E-rate funding toolkit from Common Sense and SETDA explains the changes to the federal program, available funding, and best ways to apply for it.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

January’s update was published alongside guidance concerning the use of technology for helping students with disabilities. Islands of Innovation’ In some ways, observers say, the update was responding to the booster shot the pandemic gave to technology in schools. To some, the update was overdue.

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Digital Divide EdTech Broadband E-rate 145

eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2015

With some districts and schools still struggling to meet bandwidth needs, keeping E-rate strong is more vital than ever. As a former school superintendent, and as the current head of the School Superintendents Association (AASA), I know firsthand that staying ahead of the curve when it comes to high technology isn’t easy.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 16, 2019

Here we outline three essential resources to help you successfully navigate the E-rate process and avoid common pitfalls. As well as outlining some of the best practices we’ve seen amongst E-rate applicants, we provide advice on how you can secure funding and take advantage of E-rate and State Match to support your upgrades.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2019

Through his years of experience and working closely with EducationSuperHighway on the Digital Connections Initiative, his passion for technology has enabled him to impact public schools in Massachusetts by being proactive in getting high speed internet in all schools across the state.

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Technology E-rate Broadband Outcomes 74

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Use Universal Service Powers: We should use all of our universal service powers to meet this crisis head on. The FCC has rightly extended some deadlines for its E-Rate and rural healthcare programs, made certain the amount of rural health care funding available for the current funding year and relaxed its gift rules.

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Broadband E-rate Data Accessibility 175

Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

Schools that receive E-rate program discounts for broadband access are required to have internet safety policies with “technology protection measures.” Hāpara’s content filtering solution for schools only takes a few minutes for technology administrators to set up. That means learning time won’t be disrupted.

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Digital Learning Chromebook Learning Policies 130

Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. Given that many children were acquiring iPads for personal use, some schools adopted a Bring Your Own Device ( BYOD) Policy. Indeed, $2.3

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

With the movement for no-tuition community college gaining momentum in more states and earning top billing in President Biden’s education agenda , experts in college access and affordability advise caution about using that potent four-letter word: f-r-e-e. There’s no free-and-reduced lunch at college.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Looking back now, at age 40, as assistant professor of higher education administration and policy in the University of California system, Del Real Viramontes can see what his story shares in common with the experiences of so many students who start out at community colleges hoping to eventually earn a bachelor’s degree.

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Policies Course E-rate Examples 145

Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

The federal Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted in 2000 and requires schools to have an internet safety policy in place to receive E-rate program discounts. During Google Meet or Zoom class sessions, H?para Schools need to keep their students safe, while following federal and state student privacy laws.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Dan is a respected authority in educational technology and artificial intelligence. As Director at Edufuturists, he is committed to shaping the future of education through technology and innovation. Just how much that technology had progressed. Dan holds an M.A. There was email. A basic browser. But you know what?

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Discovery Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There are many questions circling this topic, from access to technology, resources to funding. And a study by the Annie E. There are many individuals, particularly policy makers, who don’t understand that investment in early education is much more effective—by far—than investment in remediation years later, and usually at a premium.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Merritt has spent the past five years steadily investing in a 1:1 student-to-device program and building out the technological infrastructure to support it. Five years ago, when District Superintendent Jeff Daugherty first took on his role, he saw that the district was lagging behind in its technology use.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

While opportunities to advance technology-enabled or -enhanced school reform and improvement efforts appear throughout ESSA (and are in no way precluded as a strategy anywhere in the bill), it is Title IV that presents the most direct opportunity for state leadership. These also speak to implicit expectations for technology availability.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. This begs the question: What’s next for education? Today, over 2.9

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

In their July 14, 2019 article “ Why Teachers Quit ,” We Are Teachers summarizes, “A recent study by the Learning Policy Institute shows that if a teacher receives mentoring, collaboration, and extra resources, and is part of a strong teacher network, first-year turnover is cut by more than half. 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24)

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Policies Groups Elementary Study 237

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 15, 2017

But that was still not enough bandwidth to accommodate the growing technology demands of their large faculty and student population. Utilizing EducationSuperHighway as a sounding board, AJ and her team created a strong E-rate Form 470, strengthening their positioning for service provider bids.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 15, 2017

But that was still not enough bandwidth to accommodate the growing technology demands of their large faculty and student population. Utilizing EducationSuperHighway as a sounding board, AJ and her team created a strong E-rate Form 470, strengthening their positioning for service provider bids.

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Case Study Study Broadband E-rate 58

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

Walmart officials say they selected the colleges because of their track records serving working adults and their high graduation rates compared to similar programs by other institutions. Brahm says he isn’t worried about that: “Being contextualized does not mean it doesn’t meet the strict standards of any of our other programs.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2016

New survey reveals how school leaders feel about policy, tech-supported learning. The overall results of the inaugural survey reflect school leaders’ focus on meeting individual student needs and building teacher and leadership capacity within schools. Catapult Learning, Inc. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The CoSN Meeting the Needs of Students Without Home Internet Access webinar on September 19, 2018 reflects the growing concern and call to action for school districts, business communities and state and federal government to address what has been termed as the homework gap. 1 at the elementary level.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

It was a last resort, there were not many options, and he seemed to love technology,” said Beal’s mother, Jill Huennekens. He believes that the current way that some online programs design and deliver curricula do not meet the needs of low-income students who struggle academically. Towards the end of 2015, he dropped out.

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E-rate Policies Report Analysis 74

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

After all, schools are preparing them for their future careers, which will include using some aspect of online technology. Similarly, 28 states have policies and guidelines for external connections; 23 have them for internal wireless connections. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

In an effort to provide federal, state and local leaders with policy options to ensure that all anchor institutions have high-speed connections to the internet, the SHLB Coalition today is releasing “ Connecting Anchor Institutions: A Broadband Action Plan.”. Executive Director of SHLB.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. This begs the question: What’s next for education? Today, over 2.9

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The 21st Century Principal

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Policymakers are often beholden to politicians because they are left with trying to create policy that follows the letter of the law and regulations developed by politicians. School and district administrators and staff are more engaged in carrying the dictates of policy from on high, and often do not see their place as “One to question why.”

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Industry Policies E-rate Meeting 89

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. A quarter of respondents rated the system neither easy nor difficult in the 2017 survey.

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E-rate Broadband Survey Analysis 73

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

When COVID-19 disrupted the traditional model , Commissioner Mike Morath and his team quickly created policies to help ensure students would not fall through the cracks. . P rovide s additional funding for schools serving communities with higher poverty rates ; and . make certain ?all Innovating Special Education.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

I can name a few dozen people who I rate highly in that stratosphere. But the most interesting thing about Eric is that he was once anti-technology in education, and banned social media and student devices from his school system. The schools were turned around through the introduction of his Bring Your Own Device policies.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Verizon has committed over $3 billion to help schools pay for technology, hoping “to leave no student behind.” Namely, many people think access to technology simply boils down to whether students have a working device and a reliable internet connection. Since the shift to remote learning in spring 2020, schools in the U.S.

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Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 162

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Miller is one of many vocal critics of the wide disparities in education technology pricing, which he and others contend is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more devices and software enter U.S. Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. classrooms. There’s much less wiggle room with Apple.”.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 7, 2023

Make sure your tech stack is set up to support fundamentals such as student data privacy, emerging challenges like AI policy-making, and ongoing critical mental health and safety concerns. 1:40 Let’s start today by meeting our speakers. So you don’t want to forget them. 1:47 Sure Thanks everybody for joining. 1:57 Perfect.

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EdTech Survey Learning Data 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

In places like Albemarle County, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, all the latest education-technology tools meant to narrow opportunity and achievement gaps can widen them instead. Related: Most students go to a school that meets federal standards for internet speed.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

During the “ National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training (NCTET) Virtual Post-Inauguration Awards and Policy Panel ,” the presenters discussed the intersection of technology and education and what’s needed to create sustainable, equitable access to a 21st century education.

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System Digital Divide E-rate Education 55

Neo LMS

JUNE 12, 2018

I won’t rehash what I have written previously — but in terms of future-proof work, I found another great resource by McKinsey , that is a well-thought through, rational analysis of the future of work, and well worth a read for anyone interested in the rapid rate of change in the labor economy. Exploring the T-Level Action Plan.

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