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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 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 November 2001 Philip J. Bossert	Lessons Learned An inside look at four of the top technology school districts in the nation...
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 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 July 2004 Nancy Napolillo	Leadership & Advocacy: Technology Leadership at the District Level: A Look at the Monongalia County School District Monongalia County School District emerges as a leader in technology implementation.
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 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...
Reason April 2006 Lisa Snell	The Agony of American Education How per-student funding can revolutionize public schools in the U.S.
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 August 2005 Carole Eaton	Sparking a Revolution in Teaching and Learning How one of Ohio's lowest-performing elementary schools used technology to raise its third-grade reading test scores by a whopping 124 percent.
PHONE+ July 20, 2009	Case Study: LifeSize Takes Teachers to Class With looming budget cuts, one school district turns to video communication to keep teachers connected for professional development, staff meetings, and training sessions.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Lan Nugen	Virginia: When Technology Met Accountability Virginia's decision to link the two programs has benefited the state's entire educational system.
T.H.E. Journal January 2005 Geoffry Fletcher	Fighting the War on Ed Tech Funding Two extremely important sources of funding from the federal level for states and local districts, Title II D of the No Child Left Behind Act and the E-Rate program, were in jeopardy within the last month.
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Follow the Money- Carefully The stimulus package provides billions of dollars in new funding. Schools and states need a plan to pursue it.
T.H.E. Journal December 2002	Polk Co. Schools Rely on Florida-Specific Assessment Tool to Develop Individual Learning Paths A unique assessment program in a large Florida school district has proven that a vision, commitment, comprehensive assessment and instructional technology strategy can yield dramatic gains in student achievement scores.
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 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 August 2006 Michelle Gamble-Risley	Surviving Accountability: As Easy as AYP Data-driven strategies and personalized instruction are paving the way to higher test scores, one student at a time.
Reason October 2004 Lisa Snell	No Way Out The No Child Left Behind Act provides only the illusion of school choice.
T.H.E. Journal May 2006 Nodine & Petrides	ISKME Special Series Part 4: Using Data to Improve Instruction Connecting the dots: how to use data to get from districtwide goal-setting to school-level performance.
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Bloomfield & Cooper	NCLB: A New Role for the Federal Government An overview of the most sweeping federal education law since 1965
T.H.E. Journal January 2007 Frances Bryant Bradburn	A Program With Impact A suitably named North Carolina technology integration model is enriching teaching and learning in schools that need it most.
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Gloria Bush	Logging on to Staff Development Enhancing your teachers' knowledge and use of educational technology through online professional development.
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon	Follow the Money Federal largesse only goes so far. So to support their technology programs, districts are pursuing funding sources in the state, local, corporate, and taxpayer ranks.
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 September 2006	Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Ninety percent of Title I districts to see flat or decreased funding... The Gow school picks CDW-G for laptop rollout... Sally ride science launches its fifth annual Toychallenge for child engineers this fall... Follett acquires Sagebrush... etc.
T.H.E. Journal February 2002 Geoffrey Fletcher	Education Act Sets Stage for Technology Reform Amid all the media coverage of the accountability provisions in the education act, other components of the bill have gone unnoticed. Among the unnoticed is a significant change in both size and direction of support from the federal government for technology...
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Kathleen Webb	Decision-Support System Helps Utah Improve Its Student Achievement The Utah State Office of Education use Profiling Educational Technology Integration to advance technology programs and improve student achievement.
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Lisa Snell	Schoolhouse Crock Why George W. Bush's education reforms won't change anything...
T.H.E. Journal August 1999 Jody C. Isernhagen	Technology: A Major Catalyst for Increasing Learning "If you can conceive of it, you can achieve it." (Kennedy Space Center, Florida) A rural Nebraska public school district adopted this philosophy when they applied for a three-year competitive Excellence in Education Grant in late 1995....
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 January 2003 Sue Collins	Filling Educational Gaps With Online Learning: An Educationally, Economically Sound Solution Through innovative budgeting and planning strategies, superintendents and principals everywhere are discovering creative tools for meeting the needs of all students. Online learning is one such tool, offering a cost-effective way to expand a school's educational offerings.
T.H.E. Journal October 2001 Lea Ann Lockard	Collaborative Technology Planning The impact of technology plans on students' and teachers' learning...
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 October 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical.
T.H.E. Journal June 2003 Mona Westhaver	Learning to Learn: The Best Strategy for Overall Student Achievement State and local funding for schools is decreasing. Learning to learn -- helping students develop thinking skills, learning skills and, most importantly, a passion for learning -- is the solution that will have the most long-term and widespread impact.
T.H.E. Journal December 2006	2006 Innovators Teachers who have demonstrated the power of educational technology to transform teaching and learning.
T.H.E. Journal May 2005 Carol Lopez	Southern California Catholic School, Community Praise Web-Based Communication Solution This school is a sound example of an educational institution working hard to meet technology requirements and standards set by federal No Child Left Behind policies with a limited technology budget.
T.H.E. Journal September 24, 2009 David Nagel	New Resources Focus on the Effective Use of Technology in Title I Programs The State Educational Technology Directors Association and the National Association for State Title I Directors are launching new resources designed to help with Title I programs, especially in terms of using technology to help improve outcomes.
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon	Credit Recovery Software: the New Summer School Districts are using online programs to get at-risk students back on track to graduation.
T.H.E. Journal December 2007 Matt Bolch	Custom-Built Curriculum Districts are abandoning textbooks and instead picking and choosing their own instructional materials that more closely align to new academic standards.
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Middle Schools : Strike Up the Bandwidth Are districts suitably prepared for the ever-increasing need for faster connectivity in our schools?
T.H.E. Journal November 2004 Joni Lindquist	The Future of Anytime, Anywhere Education Many districts are now looking at anytime, anywhere access to multimedia content as a next step in accomplishing educational goals and expanding the learning environment.
T.H.E. Journal October 2000	Meeting the Technology Challenge Economically Many small school districts feel that they are being left behind in the race to integrate information technology into the classroom. However, as shown by the experience of the Louisa County Schools, this doesn't have to be the case...
T.H.E. Journal May 2004 Faye P. Taylor	Education Technology Helps Unite School Communities, Improve Academic Achievement The landmark No Child Left Behind Act has spurred the adoption of innovative education technology and Internet-based programs into classrooms nationwide.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 William H. Flaherty	Data-Driven Decision-Making: Data Warehouse Helps Hanover County Public Schools Raise Student Achiev When it comes to data, many educators are hunters. After they have gathered all the information they need, the real challenges begin.
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Rigeman & McIntire	Enhancing Curriculum and Instruction Through Technology Iowa school districts implement a technology-rich, research-based math program to meet the No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) Title II D: Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) goals.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Using Technology to Maintain Competitiveness: How to Get Our Groove Back As China and India threaten the supremacy of the US economy, our best hope for keeping pace is putting ed tech funding to use to galvanize education.
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Christine Fox	Elementary Schools : The Time Is Now Early diagnosis of academic deficits is pivotal to keeping students from falling irretrievably behind. Formative assessment technology gives teachers the tools to respond.