eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Equitable, reliable, and robust broadband access both on and off campus is essential to support digital learning and prepare K-12 students for life and work. The declaration is a cornerstone of Broadband Imperative III: Driving Connectivity, Access and Student Success , a new report from SETDA.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Even after service providers launched discounts for broadband services during the pandemic — often targeting online learning — Black Americans across the South saw little change in their access to broadband services. But nowhere is the digital divide larger than in the Black rural South. Add the bill’s $14.25 Add the bill’s $14.25

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 27, 2022

According to the 2022 EdTech Leadership Survey Report from the Consortium for School Networking, respondents shared that network infrastructure and broadband/network capacity are their second and third priorities after cybersecurity. Upgrading networks is a major priority for K—12 school districts.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 19, 2022

Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released three Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program ($42.5 billion) ; Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program ($1 billion) ; and, State Digital Equity Act programs ? ($1.5

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Gamino, New York City’s Chief Technology Officer, in an interview with EdSurge earlier this month, noting his office’s desire to close the “homework gap” caused by lack of broadband connection in homes. Something the comptroller says can be fertile ground for fraud and corruption. Stringer said.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2020

Sadly, though, the reality is that millions of Americans — in rural and urban areas alike, and including many underrepresented minorities — lack the reliable broadband connections needed to access postsecondary and K-12 education in a nation that remains in partial lockdown. Related: A school district is building a DIY broadband network.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2018

A recent Mobile Beacon report analyzing mobile broadband usage by non-profit organizations, including schools, finds that schools utilizing Mobile Beacon’s 4G LTE internet service indicate that the ability to supplement and/or extend existing school networks is the greatest benefit of the service.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2019

School wi-fi and broadband connectivity are showing improvement, due largely to an increased investment from the federal E-rate program’s modernization, according to a new report from CoSN. These strides demonstrate the impact of the E-Rate modernization, as well as state investments in rural broadband.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

And, that makes access to adequate and reliable broadband even more important as the development of new technologies continues. Marc Johnson, Executive Director of East Central Minnesota Educational Cable Cooperative (ECMECC), then provided perspective from a regional and local level on the expanding use of broadband. About the Host.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

By David Hutchins CoSN report highlights the challenges preventing districts from ensuring digital equity.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

In the 10th annual E-rate Trends Report , based on with a record-breaking 2,138 responses submitted by E-rate applicants, Funds For Learning offers an inside look at the efficacy and value of the federal E-rate program. . ” Key 2020 report findings include: 1. ” Key 2020 report findings include: 1.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Teachers and students are well on their way to fulfilling the mission of seeing 99 percent of all schools connected to next-generation broadband, according to the “2018 State of States Report” from EducationSuperHighway. million students and 1,356 schools lack basic infrastructure needed for digital learning, according to the report.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2017

The data comes from the second annual State of the States report from the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway , which analyzed 2016 FCC E-rate data representing 10,499 school districts and more than 38 million students. Next page: Better broadband affordability). Eighty-eight percent of U.S. Thirty-four governors across the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Our extensive work at MCJ culminated in a report that showcased an unsettling reality: Affordability and availability are formidable barriers to internet access, while reading and math proficiency rates are significantly below the state averages in grades 3-8. Our report found that this left them at a severe disadvantage.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Over the last two-and-a-half years, students’ math and reading scores saw a historic decline, according to the results of a Congressionally-mandated test—known as the “nation’s report card.” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, in a briefing with reporters, called the results “appalling and unacceptable.” This was already well known.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Since before the pandemic, Benjamin Skinner has been researching broadband access and how lack of home internet impacts students’ ability to do online work. Last summer, Skinner and his colleagues at University of Florida, professor Hazel Levy and doctoral candidate Taylor Burtch, began researching broadband history and differences in access.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 18, 2018

These are critical questions, and we are committed to ensuring that when it comes to our work, the answers around our use of broadband data are clear. As a result, more schools can upgrade their broadband networks and give their students equal access to countless digital learning opportunities. TRANSPARENCY DRIVES CHANGE.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2018

Cost remains the biggest hurdle for schools trying to increase broadband connectivity speeds for students, according to CoSN’s 2017 Annual Infrastructure Survey. More than half of the districts reported that none of their schools meet the FCC’s long-term broadband connectivity goal of 1 Gbps per 1,000 students, according to the survey.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Local leaders must play a critical role in closing the digital divide for 18 million American households that have access to the internet but can’t afford to connect, according to a new report. The urgent prompt comes from EducationSuperHighway, a national nonprofit with a mission to close the broadband affordability gap.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2021

Broadband access and the ever-growing equity gap are among K-12 IT leaders’ top concerns, according to CoSN’s annual IT Leadership Survey. Efforts to expand broadband access outside of school have increased dramatically.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

According to the Federal Communications Commission, evidence is showing a strong relationship between broadband access, internet adoption and health outcomes. For example, nationally, the Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program aimed at providing affordable broadband access for work, school, health care and more.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

million Americans who don’t have access to broadband internet. According to a recent Pew Research Center Report, 43 percent of American households nationwide with income under $30,000 don’t have access to reliable internet services at home and 41 percent don’t have any sort of device/computer.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. This progress is “significant,” write the authors of a report that details the groups’ findings. Money is an issue.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls. They’re building their own countywide broadband network. This is an equity issue,” said Bredder. “If The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Earlier this month, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released their report, The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning. In it, education leaders advocate strongly for policymakers to increase broadband internet access in support of student learning. Vrain Valley Schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Titled Mind the Gap: Closing the Digital Divide through affordability, access, and adoption , the report from Connected Nation (CN), with support from AT&T, provides new insights into why more than 30 million eligible households are not opting to access internet service at home or leverage the ACP. “But However, 82.4

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. Included in the new report and accompanying website are case studies of success stories.

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eSchool News

JULY 11, 2023

The Report: CoSN 2023 State of EdTech Leadership Survey Highlights: Cybersecurity As it has since 2018, cybersecurity continues to rank as the number-one concern for EdTech Leaders. Digital Equity Students are less likely to receive support for off-campus broadband access than they were in 2021.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

EducationSuperHighway conducted a desktop assessment in Colorado that highlighted the importance of states following NTIA’s guidance to go beyond the FCC National Broadband Map to determine the connectivity status of MDUs that could benefit from Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Its plan for reaching that goal is outlined in a new report “No Home Left Offline: Bridging the Broadband Affordability Gap.” The broadband affordability gap is the largest portion of the digital divide in 43 states, according to a report from EducationSuperHighway. million U.S. African Americans make up 13.4

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2021

More off-campus broadband access. The resulting report , released Wednesday, illuminates their realities. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, about half of districts provided some off-campus broadband services to their students, helping connect them to the internet from their homes—most often through the use of mobile hotspots.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Teachers and students can upload images easily or interact with the display through their personal devices,” the The Tech Edvocate reports. “By Eighty-three percent of surveyed educators believe virtual reality can help improve education outcomes, according to a Samsung survey , EdTech reports. Everyday 1:1 Technology Use.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

households lack what has become a basic need, according to a new report by EducationSuperHighway, an education nonprofit that in 2019 helped to almost eliminate the internet connectivity gap in classrooms across the country. Issues around broadband affordability disproportionately affect low-income, Black, and Latinx communities.

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techlearning

APRIL 9, 2019

“In order to provide personalized learning experiences for students to best prepare them for college and careers, and to compete in a global economy, all schools need access to reliable, high-speed broadband," said SETDA's incoming Executive Director, Candice Dodson.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Broadband access and the ever-growing equity gap are among K-12 IT leaders’ top concerns, according to CoSN’s annual IT Leadership Survey. Efforts to expand broadband access outside of school have increased dramatically.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Today we are excited to announce the release of our first annual 2015 State of the States report on Internet connectivity in America’s K-12 public schools. The report shows, in the last two years tremendous progress has been made, an additional 20 million students have been connected. with access to fiber.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

A new report urges state leaders to help all school districts access high-speed school broadband. The top three barriers to meeting the FCC’s minimum school broadband goal, according to the report, include: Access to fiber: School districts without fiber are 15 percent less likely to meet connectivity goals.

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