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Educators to Senate HELP Committee: Distance Learning Dollars, Equity, Are Keys to Reopening Schools
Educators told the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pension (HELP) Committee on June 10 that access to technology is key to reopening schools in the new normal of COVID-19 and they could use some help in the form of government dollars. John King, former Education Secretary under President Barack Obama, said that before COVID-19, 79% of households had broadband versus only 66% of black households and 61% of Hispanic households.
Charter to Invest $10M to Support Black-Owned Small Businesses (Multichannel News)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 06/11/2020 - 16:35ACA Connects and NCTA ask FCC for six-day extension of comment deadlines for C-Band payment (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 06/10/2020 - 14:06Reactions to FCC 5G Buildout Item (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 17:25FCC Commissioner O'Rielly Re-Nomination Hearing Schedule for June 16 (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 17:22Charter Launches Digital Education Grant Program
Charter Communications said that it has begun to accept applications for its 2020 Spectrum Digital Education grant program, part of a $6 million, four-year cash and in-kind commitment to educate consumers on the benefits of broadband and how to use it in their everyday lives. Applications will be accepted until June 26. Grants will be announced in Aug and awarded in Sept. Charter said it opened the application portal two months earlier than planned to meet the needs of nonprofit organizations focused on providing broadband training and education in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.