About Anything » policy http://www.alstevens.org The personal blog of Al Stevens. Focus is overrated. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:17:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Stimulus Cash Proposed for High-Tech Classrooms http://www.alstevens.org/2009/01/15/stimulus-cash-for-high-tech-classrooms/ http://www.alstevens.org/2009/01/15/stimulus-cash-for-high-tech-classrooms/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:38:30 +0000 Al Stevens http://www.alstevens.org/?p=193 The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) and State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) have recommended that Congress target classroom technology modernization in economic recovery legislation. They are proposing that Congress should disseminate these new classroom technology grant funds through the existing Enhancing Education through Technology (EETT) program in order to ensure that the funds quickly reach the neediest schools and are used for their intended purposes.

Press Release on the CoSN Website: Education and Business Leaders Call on Congress to Meet President-Elect Obama’s Call to Target Classroom Technology Modernization in Economic Recovery Legislation (pdf format)

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White paper: The Rural Broadband Initiative: Deploying Next-Generation Broadband Service to Rural America (pdf)

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