New legislation introduced in Congress would support "innovative strategies and methods to increase out-of-school access to digital learning resources" in an effort to boost both student and educator…
Just 68 percent of grades 4-12 students in a recent survey said they have Wi-Fi access at school, though 96 percent of those same students have Wi-Fi access…
A new device and hotspots program is helping students in a St. Louis district connect to devices and internet after the last bell. Often, the biggest hurdle is…
As efforts to increase bandwidth and internet connectivity in K-12 schools grow, a new report from CDW-G, based on a survey of 400 K-12 IT professionals, reveals just…
Ruckus Wireless, Inc. has been selected by Columbia Public Schools to supply next generation Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi products and technology. This is one of the nation's first production…
New legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate would support innovative methods to give students access to the internet and digital tools outside of classrooms. The Digital Learning Equity…
Fifteen K-12 school districts in Ohio will receive ultra-fast Gigabit broadband speeds in an effort to personalize instruction for students. The announcement comes from ADTRAN's Enabling Communities, Connecting…
Wireless network provider Xirrus has announced Xtreme Density (XD) Wi-Fi, high-density Wi-Fi Access Points (APs) that aim to deliver some of the fastest Wi-Fi available in the industry.…
Wireless service provider Kajeet, along with Novatel Wireless, are partnering with South Carolina's Spartanburg School District Seven and the Spartanburg Housing Authority for a pilot program to provide…
HDMI over WiFi, specifically Miracast technology, is ready to obsolete cables and transform the classroom—almost. Here's what a wireless future could really look like in our classrooms.
Hispanic Americans are not meeting the economic, educational, and healthcare successes of other ethnic group peers due to inadequate broadband internet access, according to a recent study by…
Technology and digital media continue to represent a powerful pathway for advancing the goals of education, including raising academic achievement and preparing students for college and career, according…
Wireless provider Kajeet and IT solution provider CDW-G have partnered on the Kajeet Education Broadband program in order to ensure that students have the home internet access necessary…
In a momentous decision for the future of the open internet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 26 approved net neutrality regulations to oversee online traffic and…
In Evan Marwell’s estimation, anywhere from 10 to 15 percent of the nation’s K-12 school districts have self-provisioned their own fiber networks. In most cases, this CEO of…
Student access to the internet outside of school is a growing concern among district technology leaders, and with one-third of U.S. public school students lacking broadband at home,…
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is proposing clear, sustainable, enforceable rules to preserve and protect the open Internet as a place for innovation and free expression. According to an…
Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) has partnered with Tellabs, a provider of passive optical network (PON) solutions, to deploy the company's fiber-based Optical LAN network solution in seven…
The Federal Communications Commission on Dec. 11 voted to increase funding to the federal E-rate program by $1.5 billion. The additional funding comes from a consumer telephone bill…
As more schools shift to digital learning environments and online assessments, districts are looking for reliable and cost-effective solutions to support high-volume web traffic. ContentKeeper, a provider of…
Through a partnership with wireless service provider Kajeet, Georgia's Fayette County Schools are offering mobile broadband coverage to students in the district’s Title I schools. Partnering with 47…
Despite challenges, digital textbooks offer far-reaching benefits, according to educators No one is putting pen to paper in Nadia Zananiri’s ... Read more
As wireless systems in K-12 institutions have likely been in place for several years now, prior to the large influx of personal devices and district owned devices, we…
Access and equity remain two stubborn issues surrounding ed-tech deployments, but a number of states are carving out innovative ways to put devices in the hands of students…
Funding remains the largest and most-cited obstacle when it comes to updating schools' infrastructure and installing high-speed broadband internet access, according to a survey from the Consortium for…
Despite all of the impact of technology in our schools, there is an unfortunate reality: not all students have the same access to digital technologies – especially at…
Arkansas and Virginia have teamed up with the San Francisco-based nonprofit EducationSuperHighway to design a cost-effective plan for meeting President Obama’s goal of ensuring broadband access for every…
A relatively new technology standard has huge potential for school connectivity as it aims to relieve congested networks and drastically increase network speed. The 802.11ac standard operates in…
Data Security. Big Data. Personalized Data. Data Breech. We all have been inundated lately with the growing complex conversations around data management including the critical information collected in…
Are you struggling to respond to student and faculty technology issues in a timely manner? Are expensive repairs depleting your tech budget? If your school has a one-to-one…