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New E-rate rules could narrow the homework gap

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In July, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the use of E-rate funds to loan Wi-Fi hotspots that support students, school staff, and library patrons without internet access. For an update on the 2025 E-rate, register for an eSchool News webinar featuring expert insight. It is 2024 in the United States.

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FETC 2025: Transformation, innovation, and 5 new sessions

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E-rate & Edtech Funding: Essential Insights for Educators: What do edtech leaders need to know? Join our team of expert funding, E-rate, and edtech policy specialists for an insider’s guide to the latest issues and evolving policies impacting your district, school, organization, or company.

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How Congress and the FCC Could Help Millions of Students Access Remote Learning

Edsurge

With no guaranteed end in sight, we need Congress to take swift and decisive action to empower the federal E-rate funding program to support off-campus learning devices and connectivity, delivered via secure internet access. It is time that Congress and the FCC allow E-rate support of off-campus educational activities.

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To Address the ‘Homework Gap,’ Is It Time to Revamp Federal Connectivity Programs?

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As schools closed and classes moved online, educators rushed to improvise solutions for families without robust connections, setting up mobile Wi-Fi access points in school buses, sending home portable hot spots to those who needed it and more. It's been too long that we've kept these same policies in place,” Turner Lee told EdSurge. “We

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Here’s What Schools Can Do For the Millions of Students Without Internet Access

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Hotspots Heat Up In the past week, many internet service providers, responding to the Federal Communications Commission’s “ Keep Americans Connected ” pledge, are waiving late fees for existing customers and increasing data caps for mobile hotspots, which link devices such as laptops to smartphones to provide internet access for both devices.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003). The post U.S.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

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Will more schools embrace student-centric mobile devices? “There will be more momentum for mobile devices in classrooms with an eye toward affordable alternatives to traditional 1:1 rollouts.” Given that many children were acquiring iPads for personal use, some schools adopted a Bring Your Own Device ( BYOD) Policy.

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