Since its inception in 1996, at a time when many schools didn’t yet have computers, much less the high-speed Internet access we often take for granted today, the federal E-Rate program has doled out billions to give students at the nation’s struggling and low-income schools the benefit of a connected education. In 2013, the E-Rate program distributed more than $2.4 billion to needy schools. That sounds like a lot of money. But is it enough? That same year, the FCC reportedly received more than $4.9 billion in requests for eligible E-Rate programs and services. Read more>
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