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Amid critical need, Fort Worth schools' project to expand broadband access is delayed


Amid critical need, Fort Worth schools project to expand broadband access is delayed
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
1 hr ago
Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
May 17 Fort Worth school officials have pushed back a plan to bring broadband internet service to students in underserved parts of the district.
School officials plan to build towers across the district to provide public wifi access to neighborhoods where many students don t have high-speed internet service at home. In November, Fort Worth Superintendent Kent Scribner told the Star-Telegram he expected the first towers could be completed in six months if voters approved a property tax increase. But six months later, a district spokesman said last week the project is currently on a new timeline following the hiring of a new chief information officer in January. ....

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Fort Worth, Texas, Schools Delay Broadband Expansion


Fort Worth, Texas, Schools Delay Broadband Expansion
School officials have delayed a plan to bring broadband to students in underserved parts of the district, planning to build towers that provide public Wi-Fi access to neighborhoods where students lack service at home.
May 17, 2021 • 
(TNS) Fort Worth school officials have pushed back a plan to bring broadband internet service to students in underserved parts of the district.
School officials plan to build towers across the district to provide public wifi access to neighborhoods where many students don t have high-speed internet service at home. In November, Fort Worth Superintendent Kent Scribner told the Star-Telegram he expected the first towers could be completed in six months if voters approved a property tax increase. But six months later, a district spokesman said last week the project is currently on a new timeline following the hiring of a new chief information ....

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How the homework gap may actually be the key to solving our digital divide


How the homework gap may actually be the key to solving our digital divide
CNET
5/10/2021
Marguerite Reardon
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After schools were ordered to shut down last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Freeman School District in Rockford, Washington, surveyed families and put together a map to determine where broadband was available and where it wasn t. Freeman School District
When schools shut down in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Freeman School District in Rockford, Washington, like districts across the country, scrambled to put in place a remote learning plan. The good news was that it had already begun rolling out a program to get every student in its 900-person district a device to connect to the internet. This meant the school district had gear for each student to access learning tools remotely.  ....

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