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  • The 21st Century Learning Environment

    There are eight purposes along with a primary goal and two additional goals for Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT), the name of the federal funding for technology. These all can be boiled down to the idea of improving student achievement through... read more...

  • ARRA Funds Demystified

    Three Things You Need to Know About ARRA Monies An unprecedented $919 million dollars in federal funds for technology are being disbursed to states this summer. This substantial amount is made up of $269 million for the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) component of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act and $650 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). read more...

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  • 'A Test of Leadership'

    Arne Duncan says the stimulus money earmarked for education technology provides local school districts with the resources for reform. It's on them to carry it through. read more...

  • Duncan: Schools Have an Opportunity To Rethink Education Investments

    In a broad-based interview with THE Journal at the United States Department of Education offices June 12, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stressed the importance of thinking differently about how we invest resources in education. "What [superintendents] do with the new money misses the point. What we really want to do is have folks rethink existing resources as well. And what I would argue in lots of places is that existing resources are not being spent as wisely as they could," he told THE Journal. read more...

  • A Stimulus to Broadband Use

    I JUST SPENT HALF a day on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development website (OECD). Specifically, I was looking at the nearly 50 charts and graphs showing comparisons among countries on all things broadband, from total subscribers to percentage of fiber connections. read more...