Ed Tech Funding Update From CoSN 2010
As my colleague Emily Embury noted in her blog entry on ed tech policies, it’s an interesting time in education. With Race to the Top and Investing in Innovation (i3) funding included in the 2009...
View Article4 Places To Find Tech Funding Right Now (THE Journal)
Educational funding is a hot topic this year as school districts nationwide scramble to fill budget gaps.
View ArticleTrends | E-rate Applicant Demand Exceeds $5 Billion (EdTech Digest)
Looking for a discount on certain communications services for your school? You’re not alone.
View ArticleFunds For Learning Debuts New E-rate Manager Packages (THE Journal)
E-rate Manager customers will now have the option of selecting between three levels of service and features that best serve their E-rate needs.
View ArticleTrends | E-Rate Survey Results Are In (EdTech Digest)
Results from a national survey of e-rate applicants indicate a continued reliance on e-rate funding, particularly for broadband connectivity.
View ArticleParchment Raises $23.5M in Venture Round (Phoenix Business Journal)
Parchment Inc. has secured $23.5 million in venture funding after the company had closed a smaller round earlier this year.
View ArticlePositioning Your Product in a Funding Decline
As year-end approaches there’s a looming threat of across-the-board cuts to federal programs, including education, according to Jennifer House and Paula Love of RedRock Reports. House and Love led a...
View ArticleHow Applicants Would Change the E-Rate, if They Could (eSchool News)
In what could be described as a testament to the success of the eRate program, applicants requested the largest amount in the past decade for Funding Year 2012: more than $5.1 billion.
View ArticleSmall-Ticket Expenditures Shift Purchasing Cycles to Year-Round
This is the third post in a six-part series. A by-product of the now-famous “apps budget” discussion that occurred during one of our ISTE 2012 focus groups was this question: How does this kind of...
View ArticleReport Shows Growth in PreK-12 Education Software Market (Education News)
The software industry serving the preK-12 market has grown by more than 3% over the course of 2011 to about $7.7 billion, according to a report put together by the Consulting Services for Education on...
View ArticleDistricts Look to E-Rate Program to Help With Common Core Tech Costs...
Squeezed for time and short of money, school districts are turning to a familiar source, the federal E-rate program , to help them cover the potentially high costs of upgrading technology to meet the...
View ArticleSequester: What it Means for Education
It’s safe to say that you’re living under a rock if you haven’t heard the term “sequestration” in recent months. Especially if you live in the world of education, as we do here at C. Blohm &...
View ArticleE-Rate Needs Overhaul for Digital Era, Experts Argue (Education Week)
As school districts strive to put more technology into schools to support 1-to-1 computing initiatives and prepare for the common-core online assessments, the federal E-rate program is in danger of...
View ArticleObama Pushes Faster Internet, More Tech Funding for Schools (Education Week)
President Barack Obama is calling for an ambitious overhaul of the federal E-rate program, a step that many education and technology advocates have been urging for years to improve what they see as...
View ArticleBringing Up the Bandwidth (EdTech Digest)
President Obama has called for high speed digital connections to our schools and libraries, “ensuring that 99 percent of American students can benefit” from advances in teaching and learning in the...
View ArticleHow to Improve the e-Rate (eSchool News)
The United States is credited with bringing forth some of the greatest technologies of our time—technologies that are being used today to raise the standard of education for people of all ages, in all...
View ArticleE-rate Modernization Order (EdNET Insight)
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has launched a campaign aimed at encouraging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase funding for the E-rate. ISTE is urging...
View ArticleE-rate Survey: Increased Funding Critical for Success (Tech & Learning)
Funds For Learning has released the results of its 2014 E-rate Survey at the ISTE 2014 Conference and Expo in Atlanta. Highlights of the results include: 58 percent of respondents expect their budget...
View ArticleIncreased Funding Needed for E-rate Program (K-12 Tech Decisions)
Many K-12 districts rely on E-rate funding to obtain affordable telecommunications, broadband Internet access and internal network connections. E-rate is a program under the direction of the FCC that...
View ArticleLearn how Funds For Learning can help your school manage your technology...
On Monday June 30, TeacherCast welcomed Funds for Learning onto TeacherCast LIVE at ISTE2014 to discuss how they are helping school districts worldwide manage their E-Rates and provide technology for...
View ArticleModernizing E-Rate to Connect Kids (Education Week)
The potential of technology to personalize learning, to boost achievement and to better equip learners to thrive in college and career is no secret. Yet, to realize this potential, kids must be...
View ArticleE-Rate Modernization Proposal the Focus of Last-Minute Lobbying (Education Week)
School and library organizations that rely on E-rate funding are making a last-minute push to get their messages out about how they want the Federal Communications Commission to vote tomorrow on...
View ArticleFCC Chairman’s E-Rate Proposal Dogged by Funding Controversies (Bloomberg BNA)
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing for a narrow vote on Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to expand Wi-Fi access for the nation’s schools and libraries, agency observers said in separate...
View ArticleFriday Is D-Day for FCC’s E-Rate Modernization Plan (EdTech K-12)
In a few hours, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a landmark modernization of its E-Rate funding program. The 18-year-old federal subsidy helps schools and libraries...
View ArticleLouisiana schools, libraries to get more federal funding for wi-fi in...
Louisiana schools will soon be able to tap into a $2 billion pool of federal money to improve wireless connectivity on their campuses. The Federal Communications Commission approved a plan Friday to...
View ArticleA $5 Billion Bounty: How to Use eRate Support for Wi-Fi (eSchool News)
The FCC’s new eRate rules set aside $5 billion over the next five years for the equipment needed to extend broadband access within schools and libraries, including routers, switches, wireless access...
View ArticleNew eRate Rules Invite a New Approach: Managed Wi-Fi (eSchool News)
On page 49 of its “Seventh Report and Order,” a 176-page document that rewrites the rules governing the $2.4 billion-a-year eRate, the Federal Communications Commission refers to a new category of...
View ArticleWill New E-Rate Provision Lead to More Outsourcing? (SmartBrief)
The newly overhauled federal E-Rate program includes a new category of service known as “managed internal broadband services” — or managed Wi-Fi — that could lead to more outsourcing among schools,...
View ArticleE-Rate Changes Prompt New Voice Options for Schools (eSchool News)
If the Federal Communications Commission has its way, the eRate no longer will support voice services within the next five years, including plain old telephone service, toll-free service, and even...
View ArticleNew Discount Method Could Help, or Hurt, eRate Applicants (eSchool News)
The FCC’s new eRate rules include important changes in how school districts must calculate their discount percentage. Some districts stand to benefit from these changes, while others could see their...
View ArticleFunds For Learning Launches E-Rate Survival Kit for Funding Year 2015 (Tech &...
Funds For Learning launches its E-Rate Filing Window Survival Kits for Funding Year 2015. New rules for the E-rate program went into effect on Sept. 18, providing the first major overhaul since its...
View ArticleWhat the New E-Rate really Means for K-12 (K-12 Tech Decisions)
In July, the FCC voted to modernize theE-Rate program resulting in significant changes to the way technologies are prioritized and funded under the service. The revisions that are likely to have the...
View ArticleHistoric E-rate Vote Reaction: Applause, Relief, Excitement (Education Week)
Reaction from educator, technology, and library groups—almost all of it positive—has been pouring in following Thursday’s big, contentious, party-line vote by the Federal Communications Commission to...
View ArticleFCC Expands E-Rate Cap by $1.5B in Pursuit of ConnectED’s Goal (EdTech Focus...
The federal E-Rate funding program will be boosted by $1.5 billion, to a total of $3.9 billion annually, after a 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Dec. 11. The E-Rate program...
View ArticleE-Rate Undergoing Major Policy, Budget Upgrades (Education Week)
Federal officials have dramatically overhauled the E-rate program to prioritize expanded support for broadband and wireless connectivity, through the approval of a series of changes that have been...
View ArticleE-rate Funding Year 2015 Now Open (Tech & Learning)
The filing window for E-rate Funding Year 2015 is open now through March 26, and a number of changes have been made to the application process. Funds for Learning has put together a list of dos and...
View Article