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FCC announces over $5 billion in funding requests for the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program and opens a second application window
WASHINGTON, August 25, 2021—The Federal Communications Commission today announced that it has received requests for $5.137 billion to fund 9.1 million connected devices and 5.4 million broadband connections as part of the $7.17 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund Program. The first … Continue reading
Senators Murray (WA) Portman (OH) to Reintroduce The Digital Equity Act 2021
Closing the digital divide has always been an urgent priority, but COVID-19 has shone a harsh light on existing inequities, further demonstrating the need for legislation like the Digital Equity Act. Digital equity is about ensuring everyone – no matter … Continue reading
Kajeet Launches #ConnectEdNow Campaign to Increase Affordable Connectivity to K-12 Schools and Districts
Kajeet®, the nation’s leader for safe, affordable K-12 mobile solutions, announces the ConnectEdNow™ campaign to connect every student, school, and district. The ConnectEdNow campaign is a new, affordable connectivity solution designed to provide students the Internet access and online resources … Continue reading
Senator Murray, Senate Democrats Introduce New Legislation to Tackle Nationwide Digital Equity Gap
Led by Senator Murray, Senate Democrats introduced the Digital Equity Act of 2019 to help close the digital divide impacting communities across the nation The Digital Equity Act builds on recent efforts to increase access to broadband by prioritizing “digital … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Press Releases, Student Opportunities
Tagged bill, Congress, digital divide, digital equity, equity, learning, students, teaching
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Senators Introduce Bill to Put Wi-Fi on School Buses and Help Close the Digital Divide
NEWS FROM THE U.S. SENATE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12, 2019 Udall, Gardner, Cortez Masto, and Whitehouse Introduce Bill to Put Wi-Fi on School Buses and Help Close the Digital Divide Bipartisan bill aims to close “homework gap” that disadvantages low-income … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, public notice, Teaching and Learning
Tagged digital divide, digital equity, US Senate, US Senate bill, Wi-Fi
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Designing for Equity: Leveraging Competency Based Education to Ensure All Students Succeed
CompetencyWorks releases new publication, Designing for Equity: Leveraging Competency Based Education to Ensure All Students Succeed. This publication offers equity strategies for personalized, competency-based education to ensure a more equitable K-12 education system. Districts and schools can use the equity … Continue reading
FCC Releases Digital Inclusion Plan: “Strategies and Recommendations for Promoting Digital Inclusion”
With this plan, several of the following goals laid out in the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order are or can be realized. First, this plan marks another step in the Commission’s efforts to better understand non-price barriers to digital inclusion and … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Articles/Reports, Uncategorized
Tagged digital divide, digital equity, digital inclusion, equity, fcc, plan
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HUD issues new rules to narrow digital divide
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued two new rules that will help narrow the digital divide. The first new rule requires developers to install broadband infrastructure during construction and rehabilitation of HUD-supported housing and the second requires state … Continue reading
SETDA Releases The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning
State leaders continue to advocate for increased high speed broadband in K12 education September 8, 2016 (Washington D.C.) Today, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), the principal membership association representing the U.S. state and territorial educational technology leaders announced … Continue reading
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Tagged broadband, connectivity, digital equity, equity, nh broadband, press release, SETDA
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Historic Vote Will Connect More Low-Income Families to Internet
Now low-income students and families across the country will now have greater opportunities to benefit from broadband access at school and at home! Earlier this month, the Alliance for Excellent Education filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) … Continue reading