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E-rate Program Dogged By Concerns

02/22/2013 | Julie Wiener and Hella Winston

Editor's Note: This is the third in a three-part series. For the other articles go here and here.

Nine years ago, Thomas Cline traveled from Washington, D.C., to Brooklyn to tour seven buildings occupied by the United Talmudical Academy.

How Do Haredi Schools Get All That Money?

02/19/2013 | Julie Wiener and Hella Winston

Editor's Note: This is second in a three-part series. The first article is here, and the third is here.

From the outside, Computer Corner does not look like a technology business handling million-dollar technology contracts.

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Does Free Research For Holocaust Descendants

02/19/2013 | Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

Jeffrey Cymbler of Forest Hills, Queens, visited museums in Poland, Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum/research center and the Auschwitz Museum before learning in 2011 about the extensive archives at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The Origins Of E-rate And How It Works

02/17/2013 | Julie Wiener | Associate Editor

E-rate was created under President Bill Clinton, part of the sweeping Telecommunications Act of 1996. That legislation established the Universal Service Fund, a pool of money collected through a fee on long-distance phone service and then used to “help communities across the country secure access to affordable telecommunications services,” according to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) website. The idea was to prevent low-income communities and nonprofit educational institutions from being left behind in the Internet revolution.

What Schools Should Spend On Telecom

02/17/2013 | Julie Wiener | Associate Editor

Technology and telecom expenses are notoriously confusing, and it can be difficult to gauge how much is reasonable for schools to spend. Not helping matters, most people The Jewish Week interviewed who have been involved in E-rate, were reluctant to offer even ballpark figures for tech expenses.