Axios
Coronavirus lockdowns heighten income inequities of school-from-home
Homeschooling students amid the coronavirus pandemic significantly amplifies economic inequities between households. Household income and a family's employment status can determine whether a student has the resources to learn remotely. Income significantly affects access to broadband and data plans, the foundations of keeping up with schoolwork when classes are cancelled.
The coronavirus conspiracy news cycle (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 05/12/2020 - 10:54Challenges of Recreating the Classroom Experience Online
The sudden shift to remote learning has exposed cracks in today's digital teaching strategies, as parents and teachers struggle with the challenges of recreating the classroom experience online. Demand for ed tech services has surged, as has interest in training for teachers to work online. To prepare for the fall, school districts should vet and limit which products they use, says Josh Golin, executive director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood.
Robocallers make First Amendment case at the Supreme Court (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/06/2020 - 12:09Zoom taps Information Technology Industry Council's Josh Kallmer for Washington outreach (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/06/2020 - 12:08Pandemic accellerates shift toward telecommuting (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 14:48AT&T, Verizon part of new 31-member Open RAN Policy Coalition
A new coalition, backed by a wide range of players in the mobile ecosystem --, including U.S. operators AT&T and Verizon -- has formed to advocate for government policy that helps drive open radio access network (RAN) adoption to fund research and development of open and interoperable 5G networks. Executive director for the 31-member Open RAN Policy Coalition, launched today, is former Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Diane Rinaldo.