On June 6, speaking at a middle school in Mooresville, North Carolina, President Obama called for revamping the federal E-Rate program to increase high-speed connectivity for K-12 schools.

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With schools across the U.S. scrambling to respond to dramatically increased bandwidth demands required by one-to-one and BYO programs – as well as the soon-to-be implemented online assessments for the Common Core State Standards – many are looking to the federal E-rate program for assistance.

Excellence in education, school reform, digital learning – these are some of the phrases you’ll hear over and over in news reports and publication press releases, but what do they mean to you and to the people who push for them?

With Comcast entering the second year of its Internet Essentials program and the newer Connect2Compete program – which involves most other U.S. cable companies – gearing up to launch in a number of communities, reduced-cost Internet service is becoming available to more and more low-income families.

At a recent NBC education town hall meeting and in an article in The Daily Beast, the former first daughter argues that the “digital divide” that caused so much concern in the mid-1990s is still a serious issue for schools and homes.

Revolutionizing Education through Technology, recently released by Project RED with support from Intel, examines what proper ed tech implementation looks like and what cost savings to expect, as well as presenting a vision of schools of the future in which student learning is self-directed and self-paced.

On September 12, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan kicked off the Department of Education’s third annual back-to-school bus tour in Silicon Valley with visits to Google headquarters and a northern California high school where the secretary focused on the promise of digital technology in education.

On June 19, Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) announced $1.2 million in grants for comprehensive new secondary school models that use technology to support college readiness.

With support from Intel and other partners, Connect Ohio aims to provide broadband access to the poorest areas of the state.

In late March, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hosted a discussion with senior executives and other education technology leaders to discuss ways of responding to President Obama's challenge to help all K-12 schools transition to interactive digital textbooks in the next five years.

Hard work, a resilient attitude, and two ambitious technology initiatives have helped this community rebuild its schools after a devastating tornado.

Educators continue to weigh in on the pros and cons of student-owned technology.

At the second White House Science Fair President Obama congratulated students for their exciting and meaningful projects and pledged new money for STEM education.

A voter-approved bond initiative has enabled Colorado’s Poudre School District (PSD) to launch a one-to-one initiative for its high school students. 

​Family-purchased netbooks, notebooks, laptops and tablets are all part of the new program.

With most one-to-one programs charging a small insurance premium for loaners that go home with students, districts are considering the pros and cons of handling insurance in-house.

In Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the debate is underway about whether to reinstitute a one-to-one initiative originally proposed by former Superintendent Jack Phelan but suspended when budgets became tight. 

In this overview, we offer a blueprint for building effective and ambitious K-12 technology initiatives -- ones that are based on real-world successes and that take into account the complex array of variables that impact schools today. [48-page PDF]

Learn how pioneering districts and schools are finding funds for their 1:1 initiatives.