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AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH FETC Kimberly Oser Publisher Jules Denton-Card Senior Associate Publisher Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director JoEllen Lowry • Jeanie Catron • Karrie Welborn Associate Editors Yasmine Brown Art Director Jonathan Schieffer Graphic Designer Caitlyn McGrath • Sarah Glenn Customer Service Managers Jay Watson • Hannah Stefanovich Show Logistics & Distribution Marcos Morhaim Senior Account Manager Adrian Chacon Account Manager Tara Neal Director of Operations Enrico Cecchi European Sales EdTech Show Daily is published by Oser Communications Group ©2018 All rights reserved. Executive and editorial offices at: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300/Fax: 520.721.6300 European offices located at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 11, 50125 Florence, Italy www.osercommunicationsgroup.com Lee M. Oser Founder EdTech Show Daily Wednesday, January 24, 2018 4 ESSA Implementation Set to Bridge K-12 Network Divide By Bridget Duff, Director Vertical Sales Solutions, Education Though significant strides have been made to deliver high-speed broadband internet access to every school and library across the country, implementa- tion itself has been unevenly distributed. A network divide has emerged in which students in underserved, rural and less affluent communities have fallen behind their counterparts in our suburbs and cities. This imbalance threatens to leave students without access in the dust as their digitally connected peers receive more hands-on technical experience to learn the skills needed to compete in the economy today. A lack of training in turn could further suppress these already- beleaguered economies struggling to cul- tivate and retain talented individuals. When Congress replaced the No Child Left Behind Act in 2015 with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), this network divide was front of mind. One of the core principles behind the legislation was the need to prepare students in need of extra sup- port for their lives beyond the K-12 years. ESSA gives more power to state and local school administrators to secure funding to support such initiatives. If you're a school administrator responsible for bringing high-speed broadband internet into your district, but are struggling to make the math work, ESSA may be able to drive your strategy for bridging the network divide. But how can ESSA help you accom- plish your objective? Autonomous technology invest- ment: Through ESSA, state education Continued on Page 21 Continued on Page 21 La Crosse Technology Innovation "One of the unique characteristics of La Crosse Technology ® is that all operations from concept research and development through manufacturing and distribution are completely 'in-house.' As a result, we can take an idea from dream to drawing board to distribution in very short order. And, we always operate on the imaginative, leading edge," said Allan McCormick, President of La Crosse Technology. Founded in 1985, La Crosse Technology is a privately held, multi- national company with a small-town phi- losophy of providing customers with high-quality, innovative products and superior customer service. La Crosse Technology designs, manufactures and markets advanced-technology weather instruments, atomic clocks (calibrated daily to the atomic time standard of the National Institute of Standards and Technology), office and decorative clocks and other weather monitoring and measuring devices, with operation cen- ters in the United States, Europe and the Asia Pacific Region. As the exclusive selling agent, La Crosse Technology introduced atomic time to the U.S. market in 1991 and it remains on the cutting edge of this tech- nology in America today, with its most recent addition to the atomic family – the UltrAtomic ® wall clock. You can find La Crosse Technology products available for purchase at thousands of leading con- sumer electronics, outdoor retail, specialty catalog, department stores and hardware and home centers across North America. Continuing the spirit of innovation at La Crosse Technology, the newly released Professional Remote Monitoring Weather Station with built-in Wi-Fi connects you to your home anytime, anywhere with the La Crosse View ® App. The sleek, thin and innovative display features a gun metal