Obama budget could expand college enrollment
As Congress begins hearings on the federal budget for fiscal 2010, officials at traditional universities and online colleges alike said President Obama’s budget proposal would make grants available to more college students and encourage adults to earn degrees and bolster their resumes during an economic downturn that has seen the job market stagnate. Key words: President Obama, education funding, Excelsior College, Michigan State University, Pell grants, Perkins loan, education, technology
School security breaches on the rise
Increases in physical and network security breaches among K-12 school districts are hampering schools’ efforts to improve their overall security, according to the third annual School Safety Index, a survey of more than 400 K-12 district IT and security directors conducted by CDW-G.
Key words: school safety, school physical safety, school IT safety, school network security, CDW-G
$100,000 from Able Information Technologies to eight Arizona schools
Able Information Technologies has completed a contest to reward Arizona schools for their exemplary use of technology to improve education. The contest, which awarded $100,000 worth of prizes to eight winning schools, was a collaboration of Able, the Arizona Technology Council, the Arizona Technology in Education Alliance, and the Greater Arizona eLearning Association.
$300,000 in middle school scholarships and grants from Raytheon
Raytheon Co. of Waltham, Mass., celebrated Math Awareness Month in April by awarding $1,000 scholarships to 150 middle school students and matching grants to the students’ schools. The scholarships can be used toward a math, science, or technology camp or program this summer.
$550,000 from Toyota to 82 science teachers nationwide
Toyota Motor Sales USA has announced $550,000 in Toyota TAPESTRY grants to 82 teachers in grades K-12 nationwide for their outstanding science project proposals. The winners were chosen from nearly 600 applications.
$600,000 from the National Governors Association to improve low-performing schools
The National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices has awarded grants of $150,000 to Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Mississippi to support the development of a comprehensive strategy aimed at improving chronically low-performing schools.
Allow plenty of time for writing federal grant proposals
One question I’m frequently asked during my grant-writing workshops is, “Just how long does it take to write a federal grant proposal?” My response is usually 60 to 90 days, depending on the grant guidance. This response frequently results in shock and surprise from people who have never written a federal proposal before.
Key words: federal education grant, education grant proposal, education technology funding, education technology grant, technology grant, education grant
Making content ‘king’ is Vermont’s crowning achievement in ed-tech integration
As educational technology moves steadily into the 21st century, we’re seeing positive shifts occurring in how Vermont teachers and school leaders think about technology and learning. Educators have become more tech savvy and more cognizant of the ways technology best helps instruction, and offering more mobile access to technology has become a growing trend in our schools. Along with this “mobility influx,” there has been a concerted effort at both the state and local levels to tie specific content areas and technology together more closely. Vermont’s VTcite and the 21st Century Classrooms project have helped spur this effort.
‘Awareness…is improving’
To learn more about how pre-service programs are preparing future teachers for the rigors of the 21st-century classroom, we spoke with Sharon P. Robinson, president and chief executive of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, which represents about 800 public and private teacher-education programs.
A closer look at FSC’s SMART Integration Project
Here’s a closer look at the Four-Week Intensive SMART Integration Pre-service Teacher Training Model in use by Jennifer Brown King at the Educational Technology Center at Florida Southern College.
