What is the K20 Initiative?
The Internet2 K20 Initiative was created to allow access to Internet2 for K12 schools, public libraries, museums, zoos, aquaria, and other educational organizations with the aim to bridge K12, higher education, and informal education. The diffusion of what is now the commodity Internet took nearly 25 years after its inception in the research community to reach the broad education community (K12, community colleges, libraries, museums, science centers, etc.). For this reason, many Internet2 member concluded that it was essential to engage the education community in the development of Internet2, the next generation Internet – and to do so as close to its launch as possible, thereby engaging the innovators (across all education sectors) in the development of new applications that take advantage of this new network. Connecting state education networks (made up of K12 schools, post-secondary institutions, libraries, museums, science centers and aquariums, and other scientific and cultural i
