Arizona #45 on 2016 State Ranking K-12 BroadBand Connectivity

2016 State of the States

Learning skills for tomorrow with dial-up speeds of the past? High-speed broadband is key to restoring our educational standing. U.S. schools now rank 27th in math, 17th in reading, 20th in science, and 16th in technological readiness compared to other developed nations. Just technology to transform education????

Source: Education Super Highway State of The States 2016

Progress in Arizona??

192,853

More students now have the minimum connectivity they need

250,037 Students need more bandwidth to meet the minimum connectivity goal

Wi-Fi 73%

School districts report sufficient Wi-Fi

$56 million of E-rate funding remains to support Wi-Fi network upgrades in Arizona.

Affordability 23%

School districts maximizing the bandwidth they are getting for their budgets

Based upon the amount of money being spent to provide broadband to those districts

 

Gov. Doug Ducey is taking action to upgrade schools ???

High-speed Internet is the necessary foundation for taking advantage of technology in the classroom. I support expanding broadband connectivity in every classroom in our state to ensure our students have the tools and skills they need to succeed in school and beyond."

 

Status by state

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Pick your stateAlaskaAlabamaArkansasArizonaCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIowaIdahoIllinoisIndianaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMassachusettsMarylandMaineMichiganMinnesotaMissouriMississippiMontanaNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNebraskaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNevadaNew YorkOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVirginiaVermontWashingtonWisconsinWest VirginiaWyoming

% in 2015

% in 2016

State	Connectivity % of school districts meeting 100 kbps per student minimum goal	Fiber % of schools with fiber connections needed to meet bandwidth targets	Wi-Fi % of school districts reporting sufficient Wi-Fi in all their classrooms	Affordability % of school districts maximizing their bandwidth for the budget
Hawaii	100%	100%	100%	100%
Kentucky	100%	100%	77%	0%
North Dakota	100%	90%	79%	59%
South Carolina	100%	99%	76%	0%
Wyoming	100%	88%	79%	23%
Georgia	99%	99%	61%	53%
Maine	99%	98%	80%	91%
Rhode Island	99%	99%	82%	64%
Connecticut	98%	96%	76%	99%
Nebraska	98%	96%	86%	79%
South Dakota	98%	87%	88%	87%
West Virginia	98%	100%	67%	38%
Tennessee	96%	100%	62%	1%
Arkansas	95%	94%	91%	49%
Iowa	95%	94%	89%	47%
Kansas	94%	94%	91%	47%
Minnesota	94%	94%	83%	44%
Vermont	94%	78%	85%	62%
Wisconsin	94%	97%	85%	49%
New York	93%	95%	85%	82%
North Carolina	93%	99%	76%	2%
Washington	93%	95%	78%	76%
Alabama	91%	99%	64%	10%
Oklahoma	91%	98%	74%	43%
Montana	90%	70%	82%	69%
New Jersey	90%	89%	91%	65%
Colorado	89%	96%	78%	66%
Indiana	89%	97%	72%	7%
Missouri	88%	95%	85%	53%
Pennsylvania	87%	97%	82%	77%
Delaware	86%	100%	0%	93%
Mississippi	85%	97%	60%	52%
New Hampshire	85%	76%	82%	75%
Ohio	85%	99%	84%	64%
Utah	85%	99%	74%	N/A
Oregon	84%	92%	67%	67%
California	83%	95%	65%	52%
Illinois	83%	94%	81%	62%
Michigan	83%	93%	87%	71%
Texas	83%	96%	81%	23%
Massachusetts	82%	90%	75%	64%
Louisiana	80%	99%	54%	27%
Idaho	78%	87%	75%	62%
Arizona	77%	91%	73%	23%
Nevada	75%	92%	59%	56%
New Mexico	75%	96%	76%	25%
Virginia	72%	99%	75%	21%
Alaska	63%	66%	61%	2%
Maryland	59%	96%	79%	27%
Florida	58%	99%	74%	25%

Mesa-based American Traffic Solutions at Waypoint Gets Acquired

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 

Platinum Equity Buys American Traffic Solutions

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Platinum Equity has acquired American Traffic Solutions, a provider of road safety, red light, and traffic violation cameras, according to the two companies.

 

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. ATS, which is based in Arizona, says it has more than 3,500 school bus stop arm, red-light and speed safety cameras installed.

Source: socaltech.com

 

Back on December 22, 2016 this news was published
SEC Charges Platinum Partners and Founder With Defrauding Investors
The SEC charged the founder of Platinum Partners and two of its flagship hedge fund advisory firms with conducting a fraudulent scheme to inflate asset values and illicitly move investor money to cover losses and liquidity problems.
The SEC’s complaint alleges that Mark Nordlicht and the Platinum funds overstated the value of an oil company that was among their largest assets, and they concealed a growing liquidity crisis by transferring money between the funds, making preferential redemptions to favored investors, and using misrepresentations to attract new investors to the struggling funds during what internal documents described as “Hail Mary time.”
The SEC’s complaint further alleges that Nordlicht schemed with two colleagues and an executive at the Platinum funds’ other major oil investment to divert almost $100 million from that company to help boost the Platinum funds. 
The SEC’s complaint charges several other individuals in addition to Nordlicht for their roles in the alleged schemes.