While the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the capabilities of remote home learning with over a billion children displaced from school, the community of Chattanooga, TN, was positioned quite differently. A ...

Chattanooga has joined other municipalities leading the nation in efforts to close the digital divide through an initiative launched last year to provide Internet access to students in Hamilton County ...

In a significant step forward for local education, HCS EdConnect, powered by EPB, recently held a meeting with the Hamilton County School Board to share updates on its progress and future plans.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – On Tuesday, Chattanooga City Council Members held a hearing on multiple proposed budget amendments. One of them, if approved, appropriates 1.5 million dollars from reserves ...

For over 28,000 residents across Hamilton County, being back-to-school ready now includes being connected to no-cost Internet through HCS EdConnect, powered by EPB. Saturday, Hamilton County Mayor ...

Students in Hamilton County Schools who receive free or reduced price lunches will soon receive free high-speed internet at no cost to their families. This initiative, called HCS EdConnect, was ...

(TNS) — Since the EdConnect program launched in 2020, more than 16,000 low-income students — and 28,000 of their family members — have received free Internet in their homes. While the effort works to ...

Less than a year since its launch, HCS EdConnect, Powered by EPB, has installed Internet at no charge in the homes of more than a third of all Hamilton County Schools students, "marking an ...