The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted the final rules to implement the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which will help schools and libraries purchase the technology needed to close the homework gap.
Amid a school year marked by modernizing education technology to enable distance and hybrid learning, Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management had a technology-driven graduation ceremony featuring commencement speeches delivered via hologram.
A New Mexico judge ordered the state to provide computers and high-speed internet access to “at-risk” students who lacked the resources needed to access remote learning both during and after the coronavirus pandemic.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on April 30 released a draft of a proposed order for the $7.17 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund, which would reimburse schools and libraries for their purchases of devices and broadband connections during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced the Rural STEM Education Act, which would provide Federal support for STEM training in rural schools and instruct the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide grants to support training for rural STEM teachers.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in testimony to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that the Interior Department’s Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) hasn’t provided BIE-funded schools with guidance on distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, cloud adoption in the higher education sector more than doubled in 2020 compared to 2019 adoption levels, according to new research from Tambellini Group.
As the school year draws to a close, state and education leaders are looking at how they can accelerate student learning over the summer and 2021-2022 school year to make up for learning deficits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mississippi State University (MSU) announced significant changes to the leadership of its Information Technology Services (ITS) team, including creation of a chief technology transformation officer (CTTO).
The vast majority – 87 percent – of K-12 public school districts in Indiana are reporting a teacher shortage for the 2020/2021 school year. To combat the shortage, schools are turning to live streaming instruction to ensure students can continue to learn.
