January 19, 2018
There are 34.9 million students in the U.S. who have Internet access at school and meet the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) minimum Internet access goal (100 kbps per student), according to ...
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Riding the school bus is the start, or completion, of a school day. And now, with today’s digital tools, it is easy to extend the classroom to the bus with filtered Internet. But that might sound daun...
Read More →December 18, 2017
Tablets. Laptops. Smartphones. These all fall under the broader umbrella of mobile devices. According to an EdSurge report, “there are 24.3 million mobile devices in K-12 schools.” A recent “Student D...
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A lot can happen in a year. Last summer, we previewed some fascinating ed tech programs that launched in savvy school districts across the country. No surprise that 2018 offers a host of new programs,...
Read More →November 6, 2017
We all dream of ways to transform students’ lives through ed tech. But one thing that stands in the way for even the most ambitious school district: funding. And receiving funding often relies on the ...
Read More →October 18, 2017
In recent years, school districts across the nation have seen a proliferation of 1:1 programs. Now that educators have had time to adopt and incorporate 1:1 pedagogy into their curriculum, where do th...
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The State of Wisconsin approved funds to expand broadband Internet for students outside the classroom through the Information Technology Infrastructure Grant. The funding application is now live and a...
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Eight million (or 7.9 million to be more exact). That is the number of U.S. high school students who participate in sports at their school, a number that has increased in the past 27 years, according ...
Read More →September 15, 2017
Newington Public Schools (NPS) in Connecticut provides technology to all of their students, but the surrounding areas are not as fortunate. Students in neighboring school districts lack access to the ...
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