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T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Neah J. Lohr	Implementing the Complexities of NCLB Wisconsin's approach to overcoming the law's challenges and closing the achievement gap
T.H.E. Journal January 2004 Weaver & Fernley	Tips for Getting Your Educational Technology Projects Funded Two points are important no matter what grant or source of funding you are looking at.
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Christine Fox	Alabama Gets on Board The changes seen in the Roanoke City Schools in the four years since Tools for Life was launched are remarkable.
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 Rama Ramaswami	Make It Stretch As technology funding dwindles, districts must use the resources they do have to maximum advantage.
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon	1-to-1 Computing :: A Measure of Success The first rounds of data are in, and districts are evaluating the impact of their 1-to-1 programs. With the results showing a revolution in teaching and learning, the task now is to find ways to keep the funding alive.
T.H.E. Journal March 2008 Matt Villano	Point Man A district's IT efforts all revolve around the CIO, whose role and responsibilities have been transformed by the digital age.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mary Ann Wolf	Spread the Word: Ed Tech Matters With the future - and present - of ed tech funding at risk, it's imperative to inform legislators about the impact of technology on student achievement.
T.H.E. Journal May 2001 Ruth Watson	The Trumbull County Community Network Project In the early 1990s, the school districts of Trumbull County, OH were similar to most schools in the amount of technology available to teachers, administrators and students. The project that changed that situation made an organized effort to infuse technology into K-12 schools...
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Sleepless in Washington Ed tech money is finally flowing from Capitol Hill. So why are education leaders so filled with angst? Because of a nightmare scenario in which the funding goes wasted.
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Michelle Bowles	A Helping Hand A federal grant program gives school districts the financial support they need to develop updated, comprehensive disaster plans.
T.H.E. Journal March 2005 Geoffry Fletcher	The Future of Wireless and Title II D Government funds that are available for technology enhancements through Title II D is in danger of being eliminated.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 Susan McLester	Where's the Money? Four Places to Find Tech Funding We point the way to four distinct areas to take your search.
T.H.E. Journal March 2006 Paula Love	Meta-Analysis: Challenges and Opportunities A new study focused on the Enhancing Education Through Technology program identified a strategy to develop partnerships to produce increased learning outcomes.
T.H.E. Journal March 8, 2010 David Nagel	i3 Innovation Grant Program Opens The United States Department of Education has released final priorities and opened the application process for the Investing in Innovation Fund, also known as "i3," a $650 million grant program.
T.H.E. Journal October 6, 2009 David Nagel	i3 To Fund 'Cutting Edge' School Reforms The program is designed to encourage and reward innovations in education that close achievement gaps, improve proficiency levels, improve graduation rates, or work to recruit and retain high-quality teachers and principals.
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Wolf & Hall	Fighting the Good Fight Can the ed tech community convince policymakers that states and districts desperately need dedicated technology funding to ensure no child is left behind?
T.H.E. Journal January 2004 Jennifer W. Lovitt	Successful Strategies for Saving & Securing Technology Funding While locating funding for technology can be a challenge, financial support can often be found if a school district searches in both conventional and unconventional places.
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Now What? We put the question to a host of K-12 IT leaders: If you had a one-shot chance to spend a big sum of technology money, where would you begin? Here are their shopping lists.
T.H.E. Journal May 1, 2010	Floydada ISD Named Winner of 2010 Sylvia Charp Award The small West Texas district's 1-to-1 computing program is helping to put an increasing number of its students on the path to college.
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Carla Wade	Professional Development :: Oregon In Oregon, professional development experts built a team to foster networking among educators about ed tech.
T.H.E. Journal December 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	No Child Left Behind, Version 2.0 The incoming Congress will take up the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind. Here are a few ideas that deserve consideration if the law gets updated.
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	The Power In a Story In the last six months, SETDA (State Educational Technology Directors Association) has been working with professional organizations to educate members of Congress about the importance of funding the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) section of NCLB.
T.H.E. Journal May 2004 Douglas Brooks	How to Write GRANTS: The Best Kept Secret in the School Business How do school districts, buildings or classroom teachers fund the products they need to improve student learning? The answer is through external grants. Here are some vital skills that will help when it comes to writing and applying for grants.
AFP eWire April 11, 2005	Foundation Giving Declines, Key Issues Gain Support in 2003 Despite the decrease in giving across most fields, funding of specific issues, including arms control, disaster preparedness, national security and voter education, grew substantially.
Searcher Jul/Aug 2009 Nancy K. Herther	Grantsmanship: Information Resources to Help Researchers Get Funding There are actually many different types of support available to researchers
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 David Nagel	EETT Eliminated in 2011 Obama Budget Proposal Despite an overall $3.5 billion increase in education spending, the proposed $3.8 trillion 2011 budget zeroed out the only federal source of funding specifically dedicated to education technology.
T.H.E. Journal September 2003 Tom Mykl	Rural Wisconsin District Improves Teaching and Learning Through Worldwide Connectivity School districts are providing services that support and train teachers in everything from basic computer skills to how to use the Internet in the classroom. It's time for the institution of education to get off the dirt road and become the leaders of the information highway.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Timothy D. Snyder	Colorado: Unlimited Learning With its many small and remote districts, Colorado is using online learning to educate kids in every nook and cranny in the state.
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Berger & Gunn	Challenging Districts to 'Put Reading First' When it comes to the legislation known as Reading First -- a law with profound implications for how our children will learn to read -- the administration has backed up its words with forceful policy, its policy with unprecedented amounts of money, and its money with a plan for vigilant enforcement.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 John Sonnenberg	Technology Integration: Building Support for Illinois' 'Digital Age Learning' Technology Plan The "Digital Age Learning" five-year state technology plan is the cornerstone of the Illinois State Board of Education's effort to restore momentum to its technology programs and initiatives.
T.H.E. Journal September 2006 Matt Villano	1-to-1 Computing: Teaming Up to Go 1-to-1 Districts are discovering that the secret to implementing a good laptop program is finding a good partner.
HBS Working Knowledge June 16, 2014 Michael Blanding	The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology With 50 million public school students in America, technology holds much potential to transform schools, says John Jong-Hyun Kim. So why isn't it happening?
T.H.E. Journal April 2006	Online Education News Nimble Press has launched Grant Wrangler and Grant Wrangler Bulletin to help teachers, principals, and parents find available funding for K-12 schools in the US.
T.H.E. Journal January 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Sharing and Rewarding Your Successes, Failures The Sylvia Charp Award for District Innovation in Technology will once again honor a district for its pioneering application of technology districtwide.
T.H.E. Journal August 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	The 4-1-1 on District 219 This year's Charp Award winner is honored at NECC for its unique and compelling use of technology, particularly in support of teachers.
T.H.E. Journal November 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon	The Teacher Becomes the Student The same online technologies that districts have adopted as tools for learning are being used by instructors to augment their own education.
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Why Aren't Dollars Following Need? The need for professional development is enormous and expressed; the question is, where's the money?
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Deborah S. Sutton	PETI Tools Assist Missouri Districts in Determining Their Technological Progress The 2006-2011 Missouri Educational Technology Strategic Plan (METSP) to help schools move forward in effective integration of technology into teaching and learning results in improved student performance and academic achievement.
T.H.E. Journal April 2003 Wendol & King	Technology for Charter Schools Too: A Team-Based Training Model Charter schools are a growing phenomenon in education. Because of the overwhelming start-up need to address curriculum, staffing, student recruitment, budget and so forth, technology planning and implementation are often forgotten.
T.H.E. Journal May 2001	First Annual State-of-the-States Survey The goal of the survey was to gather state-level information about educational technology in each of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, and then to track this baseline information over the coming years...
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mary Ann Wolf	Using Technology to Improve Achievement: Making Data Relevant New information systems are helping states and districts individualize instruction and boost student learning.
T.H.E. Journal August 2006	Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships The Center for Research in Educational Policy at the University of Memphis recently released a report evaluating how well Michigan's Freedom to Learn program met its goals during 2004- 2005, the program's first year.
T.H.E. Journal June 2006 Victor Rivero	High-Speed Broadband: A Need for Speed Slow connectivity is imperiling the quality of our nation's K-12 education, while the rest of the world sets the pace technologically.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009	Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Educators Awarded Environmental PD Courses... Microsoft Honors Innovative Educators... Google Offers Free Education Apps...
T.H.E. Journal October 2002 Sylvia Charp	Partnerships and Collaborative Learning Partnerships have made possible the advances we have enjoyed; and connections between schools and the community continue to grow. However, budgets from traditional sources are becoming scarcer, and the need to pursue private and public partnerships has increased.
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Henson & Steele	Systemic School Reform :: South Dakota You may still find the occasional barn raising and one-room schoolhouse, but a plan for technologically advanced schools that first took root more than a decade ago has ushered South Dakota into the digital age.
T.H.E. Journal June 2004 Geoffry Fletcher	Redefining Professional Development Texas' Irving Independent School District receives the first Sylvia Charp Award for District Innovation in Technology.
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