Communicating with teachers just got easier for parents and families of 140 Stevenson Middle School sixth and seventh graders thanks to an innovative program focused on helping low-performing middle schools with the integration of effective technology into the curriculum, the school announced this week. School2Home [...]
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Part of UCR’s School of Public Policy, the Center for Broadband Policy and Digital Literacy will tackle digital inclusion issues occurring in the inland area and assist the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) by expanding broadband policy research in the state. Read More>>>
A major commitment from AT&T will bolster the ConnectHome initiative's drive to close the digital divide for low-income families through a low-cost broadband program. Access from AT&T, a public-private effort, will help connect families living in public housing projects to low-cost Internet service. U.S. Department [...]
Digital access and inclusion are 21st-century social justice and equity issues. Like the electricity grid, railroads, and the Federal Highway System, broadband infrastructure is a necessary public and private good. Because so much of modern life is dependent on being connected, the California has a [...]
California has reached 97 percent broadband deployment and could hit its statutory target of 98 percent by the end of 2015. Although broadband service is available, not all residents are able to afford it. For residents of small communities and older neighborhoods with clunky broadband [...]
For 1,935 households in Stockton, it's still the ‘90s as far as technology goes. That's how many households in the city still have dial-up internet, about 2.1 percent. Read More>>>
There is much to celebrate in the Field Poll's annual survey on the "digital divide" in California. The percentage of Californians with high-speed internet at home has risen to 84 percent in 2016 from 55 percent in 2008. But the divide between those who have [...]
While Facebook looks to bring internet access to India, many in nearby Fresno struggle with digital literacy. Other students complained that they're struggling to sign up for social security, Medicare, driver's license renewals, and student loan payments. The list goes on. Those governmental services have [...]
Internet access among Latinos in the United States has increased considerably over the past six years, but the quality of that access remains a critical issue. Read More>>>
For the past decade, residents of Fresno, Madera and Tulare counties in California's Central Valley have waited for high-speed internet access. We cheered when the state Legislature created the California Advanced Services Fund to pay for the laying of fiber-optic cable in rural areas. And [...]