Archive for the ‘Federal Funding & NCLB’ Category
Friday, September 16th, 2005
The No Child Left Behind Act has forced school districts across the U.S. to take a hard look at data about their students' achievement. Lots of data. But some districts have gone beyond the requirements of NCLB and have embraced data and used the information to identify best practices and ...
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2005
I got an interesting letter from the Minnesota Department of Education last week. Here's a snippet:During the next legislative session, representatives from the Minnesota Department of Education will present a plan and cost estimates for improving the technology infrastructure in Minnesota schools. This plan will be based on the requirements ...
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Monday, February 7th, 2005
President Bush's proposed 2006 budget includes large cuts in some important educational technology programs. According to this email from the American Library Association:
Overall, the President's FY 2006 budget would cut education funding by $530 million, or 0.9%, for a total of $56.0 billion. Despite proposed increases for Title I, Striving ...
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2005
Secretary of Education Rod Paige will unveil the third National Education Technology Plan on Friday, Jan. 7th at 3:00 p.m. in Washington, D.C. Development of a new NETP was a requirement of the No Child Left Behind
Act. The unveiling will be webcast live at KidzOnline. According to the NETP ...
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004
The bad news came today via email from our state Deptartment of Education. The 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Bill approved by the House and Senate over the weekend includes large cuts in educational technology funding. The biggest cut comes to the State Education Technology Block Grant (Title II Part D) which ...
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