Schools

Acting FCC Chair Mignon Clyburn came out strongly for the Lifeline program and for modernization of E-Rate.
Novice teachers in remote parts of Kansas are using an online network to access mentors.
An LA Times columnist tries to separate the hype from the hope in online college courses.
The Fiber to the Home Council Americas (FTTH Council) has petitioned the FCC to now establish a Gigabit Communities Race to the Top program.
Acting FCC Chair Mignon Clyburn wants to use the E-Rate program to " close our education system?s bandwidth gap."
Ford Foundation President Luis A. Ubi?as's op-ed in The New York Times highlighted the digital divide in our schools.
As the Obama administration calls for more wireless spectrum, a new White House report details shortfalls in broadband access.
President Obama announced the ConnectED program to "... to bring high-speed Internet connections to 99 percent of America?s students."
Schools need high-speed Internet, ?because in the world we live in broadband capacity is not a luxury."
A California charter school found that many low-income students couldn't pursue online courses because they had no home Internet access.