Sentences with phrase «increased access to broadband»

The article discusses how increased access to broadband Internet will allow students and teachers to access a range of digital education technologies.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, the town's most high - profile resident, applauded the funds and said increasing access to broadband is a «key economic priority for our region.»

Building on the Common Core State Standards and increasing access to broadband internet, this paper proposes the establishment of a new third - party ratings organization to overcome this challenge.

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INTERNET users in regional and outer metropolitan areas will be given greater access to ADSL broadband after recent tests by Telstra showed that transmission limits can be increased.

This proposal runs contrary to the state's efforts to expand access to broadband, and singles out a single industry, and its customers, for increased funding for transportation infrastructure.

ERIE COUNTY, NY - Since entering office in 2013, Erie County Legislator Patrick B. Burke (District 7) has worked to increase the access, speed and affordability of broadband internet for residents and businesses in Erie County.

These investments will help close the «digital divide» by increasing access to technology and high - speed broadband for all students throughout the state, ensuring that no student gets left behind.

Miner has put forth a proposal to the state government in Albany to spend money on infrastructure in Syracuse, including repairing water mains, increasing broadband internet access, and creating a naturally chilled water system to cool buildings in the summer.

The Town of Thurman was looking to use the technology to «increase the availability of broadband access for its residents,» according to the agreement.

Broadband: In 2009, the FCC began developing the National Broadband Plan, a work - in - progress that aims to increase broadband access across the country by providing additional infrastructure, incentives for companies to create low - cost access, educational programs, and much more.

Entrepreneurs, telecommunications firms and philanthropists are working to increase broadband and cellular access in countries throughout the world.

The administration intends to ask the Federal Communications Commission to consider rechanneling and increasing funding through the program, which is derived from telecommunications fees, with the goal of giving 99 percent of the nation's schools access to high - speed broadband and wireless Internet within five years.

The playbook is a helpful resource, the federal involvement helps to legitimize these efforts, and the FCC's initiatives to increase broadband access are notable (in particular, the movement towards allowing schools to provide access to students outside of school hours).

E-Rate discounts are for broadband services and equipment needed to deliver broadband services that can increase equity, data flow for student information systems, access to learning resources, and secure and robust on - line testing.

The goal, ultimately, is to increasing student achievement through access to technology supported by broadband internet.

MANITOBA: The recently re-elected NDP Government in its October 2011 throne speech, committed to the modernization of school facilities including science labs, gyms, shop equipment, increased internet broadband access to rural divisions and a new skills and technology centre.

Noting that just one in five U.S. students had access to high - speed internet in their schools, President Barack Obama called for targeting and increasing federal E-rate funds to bring faster broadband to 99 percent of students by 2018.

Although not specifically related to ESSA, the Federal Communications Commission shifted and increased funding for the FCC's E-rate program to better support broadband and Wi - Fi access in schools.

These funds are used to develop grants that provide assistance to rural communities for supporting: low - carbon innovation and entrepreneurship, increased affordable transportation options, encouraging telecommuting through expanded broadband access.