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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term requirements? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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The History of the Future of E-rate

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As an op-ed in The Washington Post put it , “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” Certainly in the 1990s , when E-rate was introduced, its goal was to address this very issue – “the digital divide.”

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The Politics of Education Technology

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In February, CoSN, the Consortium for School Networking, called broadband access outside of school a “ civil right ” for students. (This year, the Cleveland school district was just one that faced scrutiny for how it failed to collect some $8.5 million in E-Rate rebates.). In March, the FCC approved a $9.25