Washington state schools connectivity good, but still not great: 88 percent meeting FCC’s speed goal

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To compete in our digital world, students needs access to high-speed Internet, but as this latest report from Education SuperHighway shows, how state governments are progressing with the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to get every school district to speeds of at least 100 kbps per student goes from excellent, to good, to not very great at all. Washington ranks No. 15 when it comes to the number of school districts that are adequately connected. We landed in the second percentile group, with 88 percent of Washington school districts reporting that they’ve met this goal. That’s like a B+, right? Still,… Read More
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