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Mobile Broadband

21 min read

Using School Bus WiFi to Provide Internet Access for Distance Learning

As many districts transition to distance learning for the remainder of the 2019–2020 school year, digital equity for students has become more imperative than ever. For... Read More

Mobile Broadband

7 min read

School Bus Tech 101

Even a 39-minute bus ride – the average bus ride time according to a recent Kajeet survey – requires more than a physical bus, the driver, and students. Today’s school bus... Read More

Mobile Broadband

8 min read

National School Bus Safety Week

This blog was originally written on October 16, 2017.   Did you know the third full week of October is National School Bus Safety Week? Read More

Mobile Broadband

7 min read

National School Bus Safety Month

Did you know that September is officially designated National School Bus Safety Month from a unanimous U.S. Senate vote? School Transportation News (STN) reports, “[The bill]... Read More

Mobile Broadband

6 min read

Keep Your School Buses Running with Remote Telematics

On average, school bus technicians are responsible for maintaining 21 school buses, including the maintenance, repairs, and inspection of each part of the school bus,... Read More

Mobile Broadband

7 min read

4 Steps to a Safer School Bus Ride

More than 25 million students take the school bus every day, according to the American School Bus Council. It is the job of schools and transportation departments to ensure... Read More

Homework Gap

6 min read

Rural Districts Face Down the Homework Gap

There’s good news for rural school districts. According to the education nonprofit organization EducationSuperHighway, 96 percent of public schools in the U.S. (an estimated... Read More

Mobile Broadband

6 min read

Funding Connectivity Through Community Partnerships

  The number one challenge facing K-12 IT leadership for planning and implementing technology enabled environments is budget constraints and a lack of resources, reports the... Read More

Homework Gap

6 min read

$38 Million Available for Arizona Schools to Replace Buses

It was recently announced that the state of Arizona is using $38 million of the $57 million they received from the Volkswagen (VW) settlement to repower or replace old school... Read More

Homework Gap

5 min read

2018 Kajeet Homework Gap Grant Winners

Kajeet is proud to announce the winners of the second annual Homework Gap Grant. Each applicant offered an inspiring story about how Kajeet can help their students succeed... Read More

Mobile Broadband

1 min read

[Infographic] Top Tech for School Buses

The school bus is changing, welcoming new technologies that bring buses into the 21st century. But which technologies are education transportation professionals focusing on... Read More

Mobile Broadband

6 min read

How Cameras Make School Buses Safer Than Ever

  Something happens on your school bus – a fight between students, or maybe a traffic accident involving a passing automobile. Parents, administrators, and community... Read More

Mobile Broadband

5 min read

MakerBus Takes STEM On the Road

You may have heard of the growing popularity of makerspaces in schools, but have you ever thought about a makerbus? Read More

Mobile Broadband

9 min read

The Connected Bus: 8 Technologies for the Next Generation School Bus

When you picture a school bus the first thing that probably comes to mind most likely is a big yellow bus driving around with noisy students in the back. Remember the kids... Read More

Mobile Broadband

4 min read

Kajeet and Google Power Rolling Study Halls

Kajeet is proud to announce its work with Google to provide filtered WiFi access on school buses for Google’s Rolling Study Halls program. This Google initiative is designed... Read More

Mobile Broadband

4 min read

New GPS Feature: Locate Your Kajeet SmartBus

Kajeet is proud to announce the newest feature to our SmartBus™ solution, Global Positioning System, or GPS for short. Read More

Mobile Broadband

8 min read

How Does School Bus Wi-Fi Work?

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. Read More

Mobile Broadband

6 min read

School Bus Wi-Fi, a Home Run for Student Athletes

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... Read More

Mobile Broadband

7 min read

How to Make a Technology Bus

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... Read More

Homework Gap

6 min read

The First-Ever Kajeet Homework Gap Grant Winners

The Kajeet team was wowed by the staggering number of submissions we received that portray a very visible Homework Gap occurring across the country. With so many compelling... Read More

Mobile Broadband

6 min read

Bus Wi-Fi: Saving Time for Your Students

The average K-12 student spends 40 minutes per day riding the school bus. With 180 school days in an academic year, that means on average a student spends 120 hours per year... Read More

Mobile Broadband

5 min read

Improve Bus Behavior with Wi-Fi

School buses have always had issues with misbehaving students. Picture it. You have 50 or 60 students from various grade levels in a confined area, before or after school,... Read More

Mobile Broadband

7 min read

How Smart Buses Help Make Smart Students

Imagine, it’s late afternoon. You’re a school bus driver trying to navigate your vehicle along rural roads in a downpour. Behind you, students are yelling and climbing.... Read More

Homework Gap

5 min read

What Makes Kajeet “More than Just Internet”

More than just Internet. Read More

Mobile Broadband

4 min read

School Bus Ride-Along with Miami-Dade Superintendent

By Charles Askew, Kajeet Senior Director, Eastern Region As a former district and school administrator, I recognize the beginning of school as always being stressful--from... Read More