Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Benjamin Herold of Education Week has put together a real cracker of a series on the challenges of ensuring school broadband access in rural communities – and how E-rate (pre- and post-modernization) is helping to address the situation.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Schooling has changed in many ways in the last two years, but while remote learning, mask policies and increased federal spending in education have gotten lots of attention, another trend has gone nearly unnoticed. But thanks to the availability of detailed E-rate data, this sea change is now being recognized.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2019

CIPA mandates that schools participating in the federal E-rate program have internet safety policies that include filtering and monitoring technologies. They have to create a kind of walled-off garden ecosystem that ensures what they’re making available to students is appropriate for them,” Attai says.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The technology proves its worth day to day by blocking prohibited sites and flagging online searches for inappropriate content, such as pornography, drug use or other violations of the district’s acceptable-use policy, says Harvey. It also acts as a deterrent to students who might be tempted to go searching for trouble on the internet.

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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. Early in his tenure, Pai revoked an Obama-era progress report praising E-Rate modernization.

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Marketplace K-12

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

An Illinois charter school management company recently resolved allegations that it rigged bidding processes for E-Rate contracts it awarded for hot spots and internet connectivity. Million Over Alleged Unfair Bidding in E-Rate Program appeared first on Market Brief. The post Charter School Company to Pay $4.5

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2022

The post Eyeing Major Shake-Up, FCC Weighs Revamping E-Rate Competitive Bids appeared first on Market Brief. Newly proposed federal rules would overhaul the process for making awards through the federal program, which aims to improve school and library internet connectivity.

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Marketplace K-12

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Department of Justice has come out in support of the FCC creating a centralized document repository for E-rate procurements, a step the the law enforcement agency says could help root out fraud. The post K-12 Groups Raise Concerns About Prospect of Big Changes to E-Rate Bidding Process appeared first on Market Brief.

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

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

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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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2019

What we are really trying to do with Rolling Study Halls is to extend learning time,” said Alex Sanchez, a senior analyst for public policy and government affairs at Google, in a Jan. Currently, E-Rate does not cover connected bus programs. 29 session at the Future of Education Technology Conference.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

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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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In 2014, the Federal Communications Commission modernized the E-rate program with the objective of closing the K-12 digital divide within five years. The impact of E-rate modernization is most evident in the acceleration of the pace of upgrades in K-12 broadband networks. Why has E-rate modernization worked so well?

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Linways Technologies

JULY 30, 2020

The Indian Union Cabinet has approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) with an aim to introduce several changes in the Indian education system – from the school to the college level. The same level of Accreditation to any collage, based on its rating college will get autonomous rights and funds.

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Hapara

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

CIPA requires schools or libraries eligible to receive discounts through the E-rate program to adopt and implement an internet safety policy. Before they access the internet at school on either a school or personal device, learners are expected to sign an Acceptable Use Policy. What are CIPA guidelines for filtering?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The largest federal program offering support for school districts and libraries for internet connections, the E-rate, was created nearly 30 years ago. It's been too long that we've kept these same policies in place,” Turner Lee told EdSurge. “We

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 24, 2017

In our work with state and school district leaders, one of the questions that comes up most frequently is whether we are E-rate consultants. Since E-rate is the primary funding source for broadband Internet for schools nationwide, our mission to connect all of America’s classrooms is intertwined with the program in many ways.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 15, 2020

By Charles Sosnik E-rate may still be the answer if Congress and the FCC can work together In the Learning Counsel’s National Survey, schools and districts from across America are weighing in on key issues related to teaching and learning. During the COVID-19 crisis, response to the survey has been unusually high, and […].

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2025

As part of the research from 2019-2024, the Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP) at the University of Memphis conducted a school-level randomized controlled trial following a cohort of more than 1,600 students. For information, visit Carolinas website , call (800) 334-5551, or e-mail curriculum@carolina.com.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

Although the federal government makes funding available to schools and libraries in the form of E-Rate, that money can’t be used to pay for students’ home access or even solutions like Wi-Fi-equipped school busses parked in neighborhoods. That’s an effort to make it easier to enroll and keep service discounts.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2024

Fearing that the same kind of fire could occur in a campus residence hall, Fitzer crafted a policy to ban the bikes not only from buildings on Fordham’s Bronx campus but even from the university grounds — an option made possible by gates walling off its perimeter. A plug may not meet the rating needed for the battery to charge.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 23, 2019

One of the most important features of E-rate is that it set an annual target of $1 billion annually to help schools upgrade their internal networks and implement Wi-Fi in every classroom. That amounts to $150 in E-rate Category 2 funding per student, to deploy a robust LAN / Wi-Fi network.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2021

What we knew from our work since 2018 is that we've been losing school librarians at a pretty alarming rate for a decade,” says Keith Curry Lance, a library statistics and research associate with the RSL Research Group, and co-author of the study. The dropping rate of districts with librarians isn’t a recent change.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

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. We have a sound statutory basis to do so through the E-Rate program. That’s unprecedented.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

E-rate is complicated. But complying with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) -- a requirement of E-rate -- doesn't have to be. It also provides an overview of E-rate, with answers to commonly asked questions about eligibility, services supported, and audits. What is E-rate?

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 25, 2021

proposes expanding the eligibility of the federal E-Rate program to cover the use of Wi-Fi on buses. The post Bipartisan Legislation Would Allow E-Rate Funding for School Bus Wi-Fi appeared first on Market Brief. A bill introduced by Sens. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Funds are available through the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), E-rate program, and federal COVID relief funds like the CARES Act. However, schools are limited in how they can spend this money and often have to make tough decisions about priorities.

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

The literacy rate in America is marked by a gap between privileged and disadvantaged communities. Summer activities may look a little different this year, depending on policies in your area, but encourage families to take advantage of any summer programs available over the summer. How Summer Learning Loss Widens the Achievement Gap.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Given that many children were acquiring iPads for personal use, some schools adopted a Bring Your Own Device ( BYOD) Policy. CIPA requires schools and libraries to install measures to protect children from obscene or harmful content in exchange for discounts offered by the E-rate program. ” 1:1 + Common Core = $$$$$. .

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 23, 2017

Appointed to the Federal Communications Commission by former President Obama, Ajit Pai is a Republican who voted against E-rate changes and net neutrality before being tapped as FCC chairman. The post Ajit Pai, Opponent of Net Neutrality and E-Rate Policies, Named FCC Chair appeared first on Market Brief.

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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. is one of the nation’s leading experts in E-rate and is passionate in her work to close the digital divide.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

As the largest education technology program in the country, the Schools and Libraries program (E-rate) has transformed Internet access in our nation’s schools. In 2014, AASA played a lead role in modernizing the E-rate program, advocating for key changes such as: A policy update to make the program broadband-centric; and.

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SETDA Says

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

SETDA and CoSN commend the Wireline Bureau for opening an emergency E-rate filing window to help schools address their higher than expected on campus bandwidth demands.

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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. Maybe you could set some sort of course design policy where, “OK, these are recommended and then based on if you’re doing certain delivery of content, these are suggested.”. Vicki: Yeah.

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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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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Prior to the 2014 Modernization Orders that transformed the E-rate program, all up-front, non-recurring costs over $500,000 had to be amortized over the life of the contract including items like construction costs for new fiber-optic circuits.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The post Broaden the E-Rate Program to Help Students Connect at Home, Says Advocacy Group appeared first on Market Brief. The Aurora Institute identified several initiatives that national policymakers can take to close the homework gap as remote learning continues to be prominent in the K-12 space.

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