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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.” E-rate is the name commonly used to describe the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, established as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

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The Politics of Education Technology

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Already a key part of many people’s information consumption, Facebook explicitly wants to become an education company, working with a charter school chain to develop education software. Facebook is, although Mark Zuckerberg denies it , a media company. Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. The US Presidential Campaign.