Ed Tech Funding Update From CoSN 2010
As my colleague Emily Embury noted in her blog entry on ed tech policies, it’s an interesting time in education. With Race to the Top and Investing in Innovation (i3) funding included in the 2009...
View ArticleCB&A Looks Back: Top 10 Ed Tech Moments
Earlier this year, as the new decade began and the “Aughts” (2000s) faded, the CB&A team, with the help of clients and colleagues, reflected on some of the key achievements in education technology...
View Article‘Do As I Say, Not As I Do’
We live at a time when increasing emphasis is placed on oversight and transparency, with technology that allows us to scrutinize and regulate behavior in the public marketplace. In spite of this, there...
View ArticleSIIA Releases 2012 Guide to the E-rate Program
The Funding Year 2012 filing window for the E-rate program closed last month. Demand is likely to outpace available funding, as requests for E-rate funding have increased by 108 percent since 1998....
View ArticleE-Rate Guide Tackles Nuances in Federal Funding Program (THE Journal)
The Software and Information Industry's (SIIA) has released an updated guide to the federal E-rate program.
View ArticleTrends | E-rate Applicant Demand Exceeds $5 Billion (EdTech Digest)
Looking for a discount on certain communications services for your school? You’re not alone.
View ArticleE-rate Requests Surpass $5 Billion for 2012
Funds For Learning announces that requests for discounts on certain communications services increased for the fourth straight year as schools and libraries across the nation sought more than $5 billion...
View ArticleFunds For Learning CEO to Speak at National Broadband Events
Funds For Learning announces details of CEO John Harrington’s upcoming broadband panel discussions. Harrington will participate in two major panel presentations during the month of May, focusing on the...
View ArticleFunds For Learning Survey Reveals Priorities of E-rate Applicants
As a follow-up to a survey conducted in 2008-09, Funds For Learning has released results from its national 2012 Survey of E-rate Applicants. The results indicate a continued reliance on E-rate funding,...
View ArticleFor Underserved Students, Districts Bring Broadband Home (THE Journal)
Christine Coleman thought she had made a good start in the City School District of New Rochelle (NY). The district technology director had talked Verizon, the local telecom provider, into helping her...
View ArticleFunds For Learning Announces Mobile Version of E-rate Manager
Funds For Learning announces the latest update to its award-winning E-rate Manager® service. E-rate Manager for Mobile enables iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry users to quickly and easily...
View ArticleMobile E-rate Manager Adds Support for Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry...
Funds for Learning is adding a mobile version of its E-rate Manager service. The company this week released the update with support for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry users. It's...
View ArticleFunds For Learning Whitepaper Outlines Results of E-rate Applicant Survey
Funds For Learning announces the release of the survey results from its nationwide survey of E-rate applicants. In its new whitepaper, “2012 Survey of E-rate Applicants,” Funds For Learning underscores...
View ArticleSurvey Shows Split Among E-Rate Applicants (Education Week)
Applicants to E-Rate, the federal funding program that subsidizes school and library Internet-related purchases, are torn over whether the program should continue to fund internal maintenance and...
View ArticleHow Applicants Would Change the E-Rate, if They Could (eSchool News)
In what could be described as a testament to the success of the eRate program, applicants requested the largest amount in the past decade for Funding Year 2012: more than $5.1 billion.
View ArticleE-rate Filing Window Dates Announced for 2013
Today the FCC released the E-rate filing window dates for 2013. The Funding Year 2013 Form 471 filing window will open Dec. 12, 2012 and close March 14, 2013. Funding Year 2013 will follow one of the...
View Article2013 E-rate Filing Window Announced (eSchool News)
Schools and libraries can begin requesting their share of $2.3 billion in telecommunications discounts through the federal eRate program on Dec. 12, and they’ll have until March 14 to apply for 2013...
View ArticleE-Rate Window Opens Mid-December to Help Schools Bolster Connectivity (THE...
The next window for E-Rate funding requests opens on December 12, 2012 and closes at the end of March 14, 2013, 93 days later. That March deadline is the last day by which schools and districts can...
View ArticleSurvey Says: Funds For Learning (EdTech Digest)
In the spring of 2012, Funds For Learning conducted a nationwide survey of E-rate applicants, seeking stakeholder views on the state of E-rate and their opinions on technology priorities amidst...
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