Edtech Access for All Students

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By Sage Salvo

Students are in dire need of a broadband infrastructure upgrade. As the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare, access to quality broadband service at home is a baseline necessity for education. While several industry programs have emerged to help disconnected households get online, these policy briefs recommend the expansion of the Federal Communication Commission’s E-Rate broadband subsidy program to the residences of underserved K-12 students. They also recommend the creation of a new position within public school systems, the Community Youth Broadband Technicians, to offer dedicated tech support along with an app that would help families request this support.

These briefs were completed as part of a project for the 2021 Aspen Tech Policy Hub Fellowship, a program to teach technology experts how to impact policy.

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