FCC votes to increase E-rate funding for school technology

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FCC votes to increase E-rate funding for school technology

The FCC’s decision to boost spending on Internet infrastructure dovetails with President Barack Obama’s initiative to provide nearly every school with a high-speed Internet connection. Other features of that plan, called ConnectED, include private donations of devices and software, and training for educators so they can make the most of it. “What we don’t want to do is simply put a tablet on top of a textbook and call the job done,” said Phillip Lovell, vice president for policy and advocacy at the Alliance for Excellent Education, an advocacy organization that supported increased funding for E-rate.