FCC Receives Another $1.3B in Funding Requests for Schools, Libraries, Consortia

2021-10-25 22:07:59

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission continues efforts to close the homework gap, announcing another $1.3 billion in funding requests were received during the second application window of the Emergency Connectivity Fund program today. This second funding round is poised... Read More

Education

Senators Push for Expanded Analysis of Fed Spending on K-12 Education

2020-02-04 16:42:30

by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Dick Durbin, D-Ill. and John Boozeman, R-Ark., are among those joining in a bipartisan push to get the Education Department to expand its planned analysis of K-12 education spending to include dual and concurrent... Read More

Supreme Court to Tackle Issues of Religion and School Choice This Week

2020-01-21 16:14:26

by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday will wade into a thorny battle over school-choice programs and state aid for religious schools as it weighs a request from three Montana families to allow a state scholarship program to fund their... Read More