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  • UAB wins $1M grant to help Birmingham teachers with laptops
    Thu, Aug 20, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham has won a two-year, $1 million grant to help Birmingham City School teachers incorporate XO laptop computers from the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child foundation into the math and science curriculum, reports the Birmingham Business Journal. [ Read More ]

  • High-tech van part of Plano district's plan for using stimulus funds
    Wed, Aug 19, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Funding
    The Plano Independent School District in Texas expects to receive $13.5 million over two years from the federal stimulus package approved in February -- and a portion of the money will be used to purchase a computer-equipped van that will go to apartments and mobile homes to help teach parents of low-income and limited-English-speaking students how to speak English, read, and use a computer, reports the Dallas Morning News. [ Read More ]

  • Deadline for U.S. broadband grants, loans extended
    Mon, Aug 17, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    The deadline for online applications for the first round of the U.S. government's $7.2 billion program to provide broadband access to all Americans was extended to August 20 from August 14 because of technical problems caused by the high number of applicants, Reuters reports. [ Read More ]

  • Dangling money, Obama pushes an education shift
    Mon, Aug 17, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Fed
    Holding out billions of dollars as a potential windfall, the Obama administration is persuading state after state to rewrite their education laws to open the door to more charter schools and expand the use of student test scores for judging teachers, reports the New York Times -- and this aggressive use of stimulus money is provoking heated debates over the uses of standardized testing and the proper federal role in education. [ Read More ]

  • Budget cuts devastate California higher ed
    Fri, Aug 07, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  State
    When California college students return to campus this fall, they'll find crowded classrooms, less access to faculty and counselors, fewer technology-related perks and other campus services, and more difficulty getting classes they need to graduate--all while paying higher fees. Key words: funding education, educational technology, state of California, California colleges universities, higher education resources [ Read More ]

  • ED accelerates $11.37 billion stimulus schedule
    Wed, Aug 05, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Funding
    The second round of stimulus funding for Title I, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program, totaling $11.37 billion in all, will be made available to states by Sept. 1, about a month earlier than originally determined--and the quicker those dollars reach schools, the more jobs and educational technology programs might be saved. Key words: ARRA, education funding, education stimulus funding, Title I funding, IDEA funding, ed tech funding [ Read More ]

  • Wisconsin schools await settlements from Microsoft lawsuit
    Mon, Aug 03, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Funding
    Three local school districts will receive a combined $1 million starting this year as a result of a legal settlement with Microsoft, and educators plan to use that money to put more technology in the hands of students, reports the Wausau Daily Herald of Wausau, Wis. [ Read More ]

 

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