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Category: Latest News

South Valley Middle School Students Receive Free Chromebooks

“We are grateful to Frontier Communications and the California Emerging Technology Fund for the generous donation of 100 Chromebooks,” said Deborah Padilla, director of Secondary Education and Curriculum. “Providing online access to all students in the community has been a challenge; yet the generosity of […]

Broadband And Equity For All Now

The coronavirus pan­demic has led to the closing of schools and businesses for several months, exposing the deep Digital Divide facing many of our parents, students in k-12 and those in community col­leges. El Concilio of San Mateo County and Hagar Services Coalition are part­nering [...]

California Makes 500K More Computing Devices Available to Schools

The California Department of Education has worked closely with technology companies to make available more than 500,000 more computing devices for California students in need, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced.  “We cannot stop until we know we have leveled the playing field for every […]

Broadband Breakfast Live With Sunne Wright McPeak

Watch CETF President and CEO Sunne Wright McPeak during a live video discussion with BroadbandBreakfast Editor and Publisher Drew Clark.  Learn how Sunne Wright McPeak has successfully led collaboration and strategies with lawmakers, regulators, corporations, industry leaders, civic groups and, community-based organizations to close the […]

Internet Providers Must Take Lead Closing the Digital Divide

We have all seen the images and heard stories:  students without Internet access sitting in parks, parking lots, or fast food restaurants to use public Wi-Fi to do homework.  COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders illuminated how essential it is to be connected to the Internet for education, […]

Will COVID-19 Be Impetus to Close Digital Divide?

A 2019 study by the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) showed that lack of access affected 16 percent of Los Angeles residents and 12 percent of San Franciscans, higher than the 9 percent mark of rural areas like the Inland Empire and the Central Valley. […]