E-rate Commentary

by Candy Miller

The Last Frontier

I am an Alaskan. When I share with others that I grew up in Alaska I would get questions like, "Did you live in an igloo?" and "Did you take...

by John Harrington

ConnectED: One Year Later

On June 6, 2013, President Obama announced the ConnectED initiative to "within five years, connect 99 percent of America‚Äôs students to the digital age through next-generation broadband and high-speed wireless...

by John Harrington

The Cost of Connecting Just Got Higher

It was not a good week for educational technology funding for schools and libraries. New FCC rules, proposals for decreased discounts and low demand estimates paint a grim outlook...

FY 2014 Priority One Demand Analysis

To help the FCC and other stake holders make informed decisions about the future shape of the program, Funds For Learning has prepared a detailed analysis of FY2014 school demand...

by John Harrington

Revolution, not Evolution

There was a lot of discussion about competition this week at the FCC E-rate Modernization Forum. Presenter after presenter praised competition's impact on bringing about lower prices for schools and...

by John Harrington

E-filing – And Then Came the Internet

Last week, Funds For Learning¬Æ proposed a new e-filing standard to help modernize the E-rate program. E-filing would allow E-rate applicants to submit their paperwork electronically without having to go...

by Verlyne Jolley

Learning to Work Together

Recently my children have been taking their online student assessment testing. Like many parents in Oklahoma, I was concerned to learn that testing in my children‚Äôs school district was suspended...

by Brian Stephens

Heartbleed‚Äôs potential bug bite

By now, you‚Äôve probably heard about the latest major web security concern. Dubbed ‚ÄòHeartbleed,‚Äô the virus is a vulnerability in a popular open source encryption system that allows potentially sensitive...