Authored by Dan Leister

Last week, we talked about Cisco Capital and Cisco Refresh. This week, join us for the next stop in Funding and Financing Education month for a discussion on E-Rate

This year, students are learning online and through hybrid models in unparalleled numbers. The digital divide continues to grow wider and expose inequalities in our education system. 

Now more than ever, students, teachers, and staff need schools to provide them with a reliable, robust teaching and learning experience that bridges the physical and virtual classroom. Communities need their public libraries to provide essential services that can help bridge the digital divide.

How can schools make the investments they need to face the future?

E-rate funding continues to be the foundation for helping schools and libraries make the transformation to digital.  

September marks the beginning of a new five-year budget-cycle reset and$8 billion in Category 2 available E-rate funding. On a recent fireside chat with Funds for Learning CEO John Harrington, we discussed the success of the E-rate program in 2020. 

What were the results? 

95% of schools have said