Education Policy, Business and Technology

Report: Schools Improve Broadband but Lag on Long-Term Goals

THE Journal: The broadband situation in K–12 has improved substantially in the last four years, with most systems reporting that their schools meet or exceed the short-term broadband target of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students set by the FCC. But the goal of 1 Gbps per 1,000 students is still distant for most.

Progress Toward Broadband Goals
Eighty percent of school systems surveyed in a new research project by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) reported that at least three-quarters of their schools meet the 100 Mbps short-term goal that's part of the FCC's E-rate Modernization Order. That's quadruple the number from just four years ago. And 68 percent of school systems reported that all of their schools meet that goal.

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