Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. When schools ...

The company commits $10.7 billion to make sure students can access the internet at home. It'll provide free hotspots and a limited amount of data -- or a discount for more data. Shara Tibken was a ...

School districts dealt with the sudden move to remote learning due to COVID-19 in different ways–some were more prepared and shipped devices out to students in record time, while others struggled to ...

In less than a year of remote schooling, our students fell six months behind where they should be. For students of color and those in low-income households, the deficit is even greater. Much of the ...

CHICAGO, Oct. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Access to reliable connectivity causes a divide between youth who have access and those who do not. Currently, 35% of low-income households lack any access to ...

Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National AfterSchool Association (NAA) has received a $500,000 grant from Google to support the integration of technology into afterschool ...

In today’s digital age, access to the internet is more than just a luxury — it’s a necessity. And as educators increasingly turn to digital learning platforms, broadband access has come to be a key ...

President Joe Biden put student home connectivity front and center when he tapped Jessica Rosenworcel as acting commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. The agency is best known to ...