A number of state and national education groups, as well as some technology companies, are lobbying congressional lawmakers to support continued funding in fiscal 2011 for Enhancing Education Through Technology block grants. The Obama administration has proposed folding EETT funding into a broader competitive grant program, which some say would put the country’s largest funding source for educational-technology equipment, support and training in jeopardy. eSchool News
I have written and facilitated 4 of these EETT grants and it would be a huge mistake to eliminate the EETT grants. EETT has done more for growing, improving and increasing technology usage in schools than any other program. If it is “folded” into another program and is just a piece 0f the pie, it will get lost. One of the powerful pieces of EETT is the fct that professional development for the teachers is a key part of the grant. EETT has done good things in our schools. It would just be great if every school could have an EETT grant to get their technology ball rolling.
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