by andflywrite | May 28, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
From Axios: Biden’s plan emphasizes building fiber and steering funding to community-owned networks to ensure widespread connectivity and increase competition. That generally aligns with Google Fiber’s new approach of partnering with cities willing...
by andflywrite | May 24, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
Kudos to Richard Lowenberg: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) on May 19, 2021, for the Broadband Infrastructure Program—what the Consolidated Appropriations Act referred to as the...
by andflywrite | May 24, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
It is a major staffing challenge for districts to simultaneously offer both traditional and online classes. Before the pandemic, teachers’ unions were typically harsh critics of virtual learning, which they called inherently inferior. But with some teachers still...
by andflywrite | May 21, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
From STAT+ Amazon’s health ambitions are only growing — and every move it makes is putting the rest of the industry on notice. The opportunities for the company to expand its footprint in the $3.5 trillion health care industry are extensive. Covid-19 saw Amazon...
by andflywrite | May 20, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
The takeaway from this depressing headline is that while the US has lost ground to other nations in higher ed and community college ed, it’s not because the US hasn’t improved over the last 20 years. It’s that other countries have improved faster...
