Edsurge

JULY 19, 2024

It updated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the law that requires state and local governments to supply equal opportunity — including in services like public schools, community colleges and public universities — for people with disabilities. It hasn’t received enough attention, she adds.

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Accessibility Disabilities Local Government Schools 214

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Unsurprisingly, these institutions—Claflin University and South Carolina State University—make the internet available to their students and faculty. Higher ed has been paying more attention to this idea since pandemic-era remote learning underscored students’ uneven access to computers and internet.

Local Government 167

Local Government Internet Accessibility Evaluation 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

boast broadband access these days, and plenty of assignments require the internet, when students head home, their connections are not quite in lockstep with schools. This topic has gained some attention in recent years, as the mission to connect all U.S. While most schools in the U.S. schools to high-speed broadband nears completion.

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Local Government Internet Assignments Schools 163

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

It’s an important idea, and one to which educators and education institutions should pay close attention. According to the Federal Communications Commission, evidence is showing a strong relationship between broadband access, internet adoption and health outcomes. percent) without permanent, fixed internet connection at home.

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Local Government Internet Education Failure 210

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Yet millions of students live in households without an internet connection. schools connected to high-speed broadband over the last decade, turned his attention to household connectivity during the pandemic. 31, 2021, and of those who have, over 90 percent of them already had internet. “It who remain offline.

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Local Government Internet Attention Assignments 181

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

That I’ve covered over the years, specifically from the Office of Education Technology, when you look at things like advancements in the past 10 years, when it comes to digital equity, which was certainly one in terms of trying to ensure access to the Internet, to all students, especially from underserved communities or underserved.

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Internet Local Government Accessibility Discussions 137