5 ways connected school buses are on the rise
As internet connectivity becomes a necessity for schools and students, there is a new call for the government to make school bus wi-fi eligible for federal E-rate funding.…
Networking & Broadband
These strategies could help your district beat the homework gap
Efforts to bring high-speed internet to all classrooms in the country have been bolstered by advocacy groups and by President Obama's ConnectEd initiative, but one critical area lags…
Can your internet service provider help close the digital divide?
Darriale Bradley and her family spent many nights in the parking lot of fast food restaurants, but not because of ... Read more
Is dark fiber in your district’s future?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began allowing E-rate applicants to apply for discounts for dark fiber and self-provisioned fiber. These ... Read more
Dark fiber could be the future of school networking
Dark fiber is helping some districts scale broadband for tomorrow, not today. Is it the future of networking?
Most districts are doing nothing about the homework gap; a few are making a big difference
3 out of 4 districts have little plan for providing off-campus internet. But an innovative few are finding solutions and leading the charge.
3 Google Fiber programs that could help ease the digital divide
Google Fiber has started providing affordable internet in certain communities. Now schools are starting to wonder how it will affect students' internet challenges, both in and out of…
New toolkit to help schools increase fiber connections, affordably
District technology leaders looking for guidance around how to leverage the expanded fiber connectivity opportunities in the E-rate program might find help in the form of a new…