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Ed Markey: The E-Rate is a big part of that. And, in fact, the--access to the Internet in schools is the first educational…

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
The E-Rate is a big part of that. And, in fact, the--access to the Internet in schools is the first educational technology to have ever been deployed at the same rate for affluent children as it was for the children of the poor.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the E-Rate's role in equalizing internet access in education.

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