A proposal by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler would raise yearly funding for the E-rate program from $2.4 billion to $3.9 billion.
A number of education and technology groups have called for the FCC to protect net neutrality, but the nation’s two biggest teachers’ unions have been silent on the issue.
A consumer group is urging the giant technology services company Google to take a stronger stance in supporting net neutrality—the idea of a free and openly accessible Internet.
A federal judge in Florida has ordered an online school that the Federal Trade Commission labeled a “diploma mill” to halt marketing to students.
Two recent court decisions offering contradictory rulings on core pieces of “Obamacare” could affect K-12 districts required to comply with the law’s employer mandate.
The prospect of an Internet “slow lane” for ed-tech companies that don’t “pay to play” raises four areas of concern for these organizations.
Erik Martin, who will be a junior at the University of Maryland, will advise the federal agency’s on seeking student input on ed-tech issues.
Iranian students have regained access to U.S.-based MOOCs following the authorization of certain educational exchanges between the two countries.
The National Science Foundation has created a data tool that allows for state-by-state comparisons of indicators of academic achievement, research and development, and economic growth.
Schools will need more money from the federal government to buy the technology they need for online common-core assessments, some education organizations argue.