Is Your K-12 Network Ready for Next-Generation Learning?

After spending millions to put next-generation learning tools into teacher and students’ hands, districts around the country are finding their make-do networks can’t handle the increased data traffic, connections to different devices or the video scaling needs.

Districts often have antiquated network systems, while others have had to use temporary solutions that became permanent because of a lack of funds. Because the network isn’t optimized, the potential for using technology in education falls short.

This Center for Digital Education issue brief walks you through the successful actions taken by two school districts to show how you can ready your network to become a platform for next-generation learning. It also offers 11 invaluable network upgrade tips.

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Butte School District, Fatbeam and MERDI team up for fiber optic cable connection

"What we’re doing here is what they’re doing in cities of 500,000 or more."

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