Thursday 17 December 2015

How ESSA will boost ed-tech funding

By Dennis Pierce, eSchool News

The Every Student Succeeds Act includes block grants intended for technology, among other uses. Eight years after the No Child Left Behind Act was supposed to expire, Congress finally passed a bill to replace it—the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)—that gives states more latitude in deciding how to close achievement gaps. The legislation also includes a sizeable state block-grant program intended for technology, among other uses. Although it’s not the program that ed-tech advocates had hoped for, many expressed cautious optimism that a section of ESSA under Title IV (“21st Century Schools”) could help schools use technology tools to transform teaching and learning.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/12/10/essa-ed-tech-561/

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from Educational Technology http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/?p=14562

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