This blog from EducationSuperHighway details how the City of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools formed public-private partnerships with local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to offer "sponsored service," paying directly for internet service for in-need families, to ensure students were able to access the digital classroom for remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The resource provides data displays to show the increase in student connectivity from 2015 and which school districts across America are meeting the 1 Mbps per student standard.
