Net Neutrality
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Privacy & Security
Student-Data Privacy, Net Neutrality Make Cameos in State of the Union Address
The education technology community must continue waiting for details on the new federal Student Digital Privacy Act proposed by President Obama earlier this month.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Perceived Threat to Net Neutrality Sparks Furor
The Federal Communications Commission, weighing new rules, received a flood of responses from educators and educational technology companies urging the agency to preserve the open Internet for schools.
Federal
Q&A
FCC Chairman Lays Out Vision for E-Rate, Net Neutrality for Schools
In an interview with Education Week, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler vows to defend schools' access to a free and open Internet.
Federal
Ed-Tech Companies Concerned About FCC Net Neutrality Proposal
The prospect of an Internet "slow lane" for ed-tech companies that don't "pay to play" raises four areas of concern for these organizations.
IT Infrastructure & Management
FCC Seeks Input on 'Open' Web Rule
Proposed changes to "net neutrality" rules, posted by the Federal Communications Commission, have raised concerns among some education and technology advocates, who fear it will diminish the tradition of a free and open Internet.
Education
Opinion
Educators: Defend Net Neutrality!
Read this, then call the FCC to defend Net Neutrality, by asking the FCC to reclassify Internet Service Providers as common carriers.
Federal
FCC Outlines Plan to Protect 'Net Neutrality'
In response to a court ruling, the Federal Communications Commission said it will put forward rules to protect an open Internet.
Classroom Technology
Letter to the Editor
Effective Instruction Necessitates Preservation of 'Net Neutrality'
To the Editor:
Barely a week after Education Week reported school districts' well-founded concerns over a court ruling against net neutrality that favored Verizon and other telecoms (U.S. Court Ruling Raises K-12 Concerns About Internet Access, Jan. 29, 2014), I saw a headline on an Associated Press article proclaiming: "Tech Companies Commit $750 Million in Products and Services to Schools."
Barely a week after Education Week reported school districts' well-founded concerns over a court ruling against net neutrality that favored Verizon and other telecoms (U.S. Court Ruling Raises K-12 Concerns About Internet Access, Jan. 29, 2014), I saw a headline on an Associated Press article proclaiming: "Tech Companies Commit $750 Million in Products and Services to Schools."