Hockley County Sheriff Appointed to Broadband Development Council
Hockley County Sheriff Ray Scifres was among the 3 recently appointed to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Broadband Development Council.
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Hockley County Sheriff Ray Scifres was among the 3 recently appointed to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Broadband Development Council.
Hockley County Sheriff Ray Scifres was among the 3 recently appointed to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Broadband Development Council.
Dallas ISD's board approved $18 million to get economically disadvantaged students free wired internet at home. The deadline for families to sign up is Aug. 31.
Districts across Texas have a new program in which Spectrum and AT&T will go to the homes of students in need and connect free high-speed internet.
For KERA News Daija Showers, 15, is a virtual learner at Lincoln High School in South Dallas. She is among 50 students testing a new pilot program to provide free internet access to students in Dallas ISD. A pilot program allowed 50 students who live within two miles of the school to tap into an extended WiFi network for free, providing a connection that works better than mobile hotspots. The noisy renovations at the house next door aren’t getting in the way of 15-year-old Daija Showers’ schoolwork. Her eyes are glued to her laptop as she stares down her geometry work. “It’s kind o...