How schools with the slowest Internet could get re-wired
Clip: 2/16/2016 | 6m 47s
Across the U.S., many schools have taken full advantage of online learning opportunities.
Across the U.S., many schools have taken full advantage of online learning opportunities. But that’s not so easy for the nearly 10 percent of all students who come from rural areas with inadequate infrastructure. New changes to an FCC program could help schools by offering to fund fiber networks of their own. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Education Week reports from Mississippi.
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How schools with the slowest Internet could get re-wired
Clip: 2/16/2016 | 6m 47s
Across the U.S., many schools have taken full advantage of online learning opportunities. But that’s not so easy for the nearly 10 percent of all students who come from rural areas with inadequate infrastructure. New changes to an FCC program could help schools by offering to fund fiber networks of their own. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Education Week reports from Mississippi.
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