We have three SHARP Network updates today. Thanks to everyone updating SHARP.

Net Neutrality:
On March 25, 2008, the United States Agricultural Department (USDA) announced a $267 million loan from USDA Rural Development to Open Range Communications to expand broadband services in 17 states to 518 rural communities. According to the USDA press release, the project should reach six million people in 447,000 households in five years.

STEM Education:
The most recent Trends in International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) was released by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) in 2003. According to the study, eight graders in the United States ranked fifteenth out of forty-five countries on math test scores.

Clinton on Health Care
In a March 2008 interview with The New York Times, Clinton talked in detail about her health care plan, including placing a cap on the amount of money a family could spend on health care at five to ten percent of income, the possibility of increasing the tobacco tax to pay for universal health care, and perhaps requiring insurance companies to spend a certain percentage of premium dollars on health care.