The Coming End of Textbooks in Los Angeles, Nairobi and Beyond

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Toronto  Colleges and universities increasingly are requiring students to show up for the first day of classes with their own computers or iPads, just like years ago standard equipment might have included a tablet, pens, pencils, and a lunch pail.  Los Angeles Unified School District, the 2nd largest school district in the country after New …

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FCC Seems Unwilling to Confront Monopolies to Create Digital Access

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New Orleans  In Congressional hearings vetting the President’s nominee, Tom Wheeler, as the new Chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) there seems to be little hope that we will get the progress needed in creating national standards for higher speed internet connections or a reduction of the digital divide. Wheeler was quoted yesterday stating …

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