This blog post by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies argues that a long-term solution to lack of broadband and device access among Black Americans is needed.

In this blog, EducationSuperHighway explores how the rural Garrison School identified the issue of inadequate broadband, gathered community support, and upgraded their broadband service to meet the SETDA/FCC goal of 1Mbps per student.

In this blog, EducationSuperHighway details how Mike Wetsel, the wide-area network administrator for a consortium of Texas school districts drove a project to upgrade 41 school districts in the region to fiber. Mike Wetsel discusses how the update benefits the classrooms and students and what school districts can expect as the consortium continues to upgrade each campus.

In this blog, EducationSuperHighway explores the importance of securing buy-in from district leadership and having the right team in place to create a successful upgrade plan. The blog provides tips on assembling a cross-functional team to support the upgrade and how to build cases for investment.

In this blog, EducationSuperHighway discusses the strategy a rural school district in Arizona devised to cover the cost of construction to connect to the local fiber circuit.

In this blog, EducationSuperHighway describes the purchasing process for network upgrades to school districts. The resource recommends dividing funds into two expense categories: capital and recurring expenses. As funding may be a problem, the resource lists different funding opportunities that may supplement the district's existing budget.

This blog by EducationSuperHighway explores the importance of planning for future bandwidth needs when working to improve school connectivity. The resource provides three essential tips for technology planning for school leaders to keep in mind.

This blog by EducationSuperHighway details how Prince William County Public Schools successfully sought out support to aid in upgrading their bandwidth in order to provide internet access to current students and prepare for future scaling projects.

This resource argues for the inclusion of broadband in Congress' stimulus bill, the CARES Act. Broadband deployment, competition, affordability, adoption, and connectivity to community anchor institutions combine to form essential parts of an agenda for change.

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This resource examines the necessity and benefits of enabling community anchor institutions to connect to users. Studies from 24 rural communities reveal how libraries’ hotspot-lending programs gave families access to the broader information environment and helped students access educational material.

This resource provides four steps to increase E-Rate connectivity and competition. Empowering schools and libraries to take advantage of competition helps drive down the cost of connectivity and the E-Rate program provides the discounts to make broadband internet access more affordable.

The Benton Institute’s Jonathan Sallet examines how community anchor institutions can serve as a launching pad for community-based broadband access and more broadband competition. Communities may be able to share infrastructure in order to bring better commercial services to unserved and underserved areas.