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Senate approves repeal of E-rate Wi-Fi hotspots for schools, libraries

1 week ago | k12dive.com | Anna Merod

The end of E-rate eligibility for Wi-Fi hotspots came one step closer Thursday as the Senate voted 50-38 along party lines to overturn a 2024 expansion of the program overseen by the Federal Communications Commission. A similar House resolution was introduced in February to strike down the recent inclusion of Wi-Fi hotspots in the E-rate program, which has helped connect schools and libraries to affordable telecommunications services for the last 29 years.
School districts say losing E-rate would have ‘catastrophic’ impact

1 week ago | k12dive.com | Anna Merod

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A majority of school districts — 74% — said the loss of the E-rate program would have a “catastrophic” or “major” impact if the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal broadband discount for schools and libraries is unconstitutional, according to a Consortium for School Networking survey of K-12 ed tech leaders released Tuesday.
Senate approves repeal of E-rate Wi-Fi hotspots for schools, libraries

1 week ago | finance.yahoo.com | Anna Merod

This story was originally published on K-12 Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily K-12 Dive newsletter. The end of E-rate eligibility for Wi-Fi hotspots came one step closer Thursday as the Senate voted 50-38 along party lines to overturn a 2024 expansion of the program overseen by the Federal Communications Commission.
Should computer science be required to graduate? These CEOs say yes.

1 week ago | k12dive.com | Anna Merod

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. More than 250 CEOs called for state leaders to adopt a computer science graduation requirement for all high school students in an open letter published Monday by nonprofit CS for All. Such a requirement is necessary, the CEOs wrote, to better prepare graduates for an increasingly artificial-intelligence-reliant workforce.
Should computer science be required to graduate? These CEOs say yes.

1 week ago | finance.yahoo.com | Anna Merod

This story was originally published on K-12 Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily K-12 Dive newsletter. More than 250 CEOs called for state leaders to adopt a computer science graduation requirement for all high school students in an open letter published Monday by nonprofit CS for All. Such a requirement is necessary, the CEOs wrote, to better prepare graduates for an increasingly artificial-intelligence-reliant workforce.
$1B to support student mental health is gone. Schools fear what’s next.

1 week ago | k12dive.com | Anna Merod

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A high school student accidentally shoots and kills his cousin. A 4th grader dies by suicide. A high school counselor has a severe mental health breakdown requiring police intervention. These are all mental health crises that districts from the Southwest Arkansas Education Cooperative have grappled with in recent years in their rural school communities, said Phoebe Bailey, the cooperative’s director.
School meal participation on the rise amid growing interest in CEP

2 weeks ago | k12dive.com | Anna Merod

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. School meal participation rates are on the upswing with notable increases for both breakfast and lunch programs, according to new data from the Food Research & Action Center. An analysis released Tuesday by the nonprofit finds student participation jumped 8% for school breakfast programs and 6.8% for school lunches between the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years.
What’s next for the registered teacher apprenticeship movement?

2 weeks ago | k12dive.com | Anna Merod

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Staffed Up is a monthly series examining school staffing best practices and solutions for teacher recruitment and retention. Catch up on previous installments here. When Cierra Rivera applied to be a school aide at Texas’ Hutto Independent School District in 2024, she was told to consider applying for the district’s new registered teacher apprenticeship program instead.
How tariff uncertainties are already impacting school purchasing

2 weeks ago | k12dive.com | Anna Merod

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As uncertainty and concern intensifies over President Donald Trump's tariff policies, school administrators are beginning to see signs of notable price increases on everything from laptops to paper products. Back in November, when the newly elected Trump said he would impose a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico and an additional 10% tariff on China, schools could only speculate how that would impact their budgets.
How tariff uncertainties are already impacting school purchasing

2 weeks ago | finance.yahoo.com | Anna Merod

Anna Merod Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 1:00 AM 4 min read This story was originally published on K-12 Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily K-12 Dive newsletter. As uncertainty and concern intensifies over President Donald Trump's tariff policies, school administrators are beginning to see signs of notable price increases on everything from laptops to paper products.