Navigating ConnectED and E-rate (District Administration)
The federal push to provide all students with high-speed broadband and mobile devices is kicking into high gear, with over a billion dollars pledged for school technology and an overhaul of the program...
View Article15 innovative Twitter accounts you should follow (eSchool News)
Social media is fast becoming a great way for innovative educators to build professional learning networks, stay in touch, trade best practices, and more. Twitter is perhaps one of the most connected...
View ArticleCharter Schools’ E-rate Requests Much Higher Than Other Schools’ (Education...
Public charter schools are requesting 79 percent more per building from the federal E-rate program than traditional public schools are, according to an Education Week-requested analysis from Funds for...
View ArticleSurvey Says: E-Rate Program, Increased Funding Critical for Success
To stimulate discussion about the impending change to the E-rate program, Funds For Learning releases the results of its 2014 E-rate Survey. The results were shared with the FCC and released at ISTE...
View ArticleE-rate Survey: Increased Funding Critical for Success (Tech & Learning)
Funds For Learning has released the results of its 2014 E-rate Survey at the ISTE 2014 Conference and Expo in Atlanta. Highlights of the results include: 58 percent of respondents expect their budget...
View ArticleIncreased Funding Needed for E-rate Program (K-12 Tech Decisions)
Many K-12 districts rely on E-rate funding to obtain affordable telecommunications, broadband Internet access and internal network connections. E-rate is a program under the direction of the FCC that...
View ArticleISTE 2014: Media Central
This week, five of our team members returned to a very soggy Wisconsin after spending four days in the Atlanta, Ga. sun (and heat) for ISTE 2014. On Monday, June 30, the CB&A team hosted Media...
View ArticleE-rate Modernization Order (EdNET Insight)
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has launched a campaign aimed at encouraging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase funding for the E-rate. ISTE is urging...
View ArticleE-rate Survey: Funding Increase Deemed Critical (T.H.E. Journal)
An E-rate funding increase is critical to the success of many school districts, according to a new survey from the consulting firm Funds for Learning. The company released the results of its Funds For...
View ArticleModernizing E-Rate to Connect Kids (Education Week)
The potential of technology to personalize learning, to boost achievement and to better equip learners to thrive in college and career is no secret. Yet, to realize this potential, kids must be...
View ArticleFCC Chairman’s E-Rate Proposal Dogged by Funding Controversies (Bloomberg BNA)
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing for a narrow vote on Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to expand Wi-Fi access for the nation’s schools and libraries, agency observers said in separate...
View ArticleFriday Is D-Day for FCC’s E-Rate Modernization Plan (EdTech K-12)
In a few hours, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a landmark modernization of its E-Rate funding program. The 18-year-old federal subsidy helps schools and libraries...
View ArticleFCC Approves Modernization of E-rate Program (K-12 Tech Decisions)
The FCC approved commissioner Tom Wheeler’s proposal for the modernization of the E-rate program in a 3-2 vote this morning. The proposal includes reconfiguring the E-rate program to allot more funding...
View ArticleFCC approves E-rate reforms, will increase focus on Wi-Fi (Education Dive)
Dive Brief: The FCC Commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of a proposal to modernize the federal E-rate program, which helps schools and libraries get telecommunications and Internet access at a discounted...
View ArticleE-Rate Modernization Proposal the Focus of Last-Minute Lobbying (Education Week)
School and library organizations that rely on E-rate funding are making a last-minute push to get their messages out about how they want the Federal Communications Commission to vote tomorrow on...
View ArticleLouisiana schools, libraries to get more federal funding for wi-fi in...
Louisiana schools will soon be able to tap into a $2 billion pool of federal money to improve wireless connectivity on their campuses. The Federal Communications Commission approved a plan Friday to...
View ArticleThe Winners, and Losers, in E-Rate Modernization (Education Week)
What industries will be most likely to win—or lose—in the federal plan to overhaul the E-rate and invest more than $2 billion into wireless technology over the next two years? The E-rate modernization...
View ArticleA $5 Billion Bounty: How to Use eRate Support for Wi-Fi (eSchool News)
The FCC’s new eRate rules set aside $5 billion over the next five years for the equipment needed to extend broadband access within schools and libraries, including routers, switches, wireless access...
View ArticleNew eRate Rules Invite a New Approach: Managed Wi-Fi (eSchool News)
On page 49 of its “Seventh Report and Order,” a 176-page document that rewrites the rules governing the $2.4 billion-a-year eRate, the Federal Communications Commission refers to a new category of...
View ArticleTop Ed-tech Stories to Watch: eRate Gets a Facelift (eSchool News)
Last month, the Federal Communications Commission announced the most significant changes to the eRate, the $2.4 billion-a-year federal school connectivity program, in the program’s 17-year history. The...
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