The Post-Pandemic Classroom

“Flexibility.” It is the word that seems to pop up in every conversation that I have with teachers, it’s in every article and blog post I read about this school year; it seems to be everywhere. I understand why that seems to be the word tied to teachers, students, parents, and even learning itself right now. The past eighteen months haven’t been easy, but we didn’t break, and we did, in fact, adapt. 

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Together At Last

amily had come together—and did we ever have reasons to celebrate! Our team had one of their busiest E-Rate seasons to date, ensuring schools across the Southeast are outfitted to overcome challenges presented by the pandemic. For many attendees, it was their first time visiting our new headquarters in Easley, where we moved Encore operations in January of 2020.

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New Emergency Educational Connectivity Funding

Earlier this year, Congress signed off on the American Rescue Plan, which allocated 7.1 billion dollars to schools and community libraries to support internet connectivity and connected devices. Headed by the FCC, the legislation states that all E-Rate participants are eligible for this the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) and although similar measures, rules, and processes will be used to streamline and leverage existing infrastructure, the program will be administrated separately.

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