Technology Counts 2005: Electronic Transfer
Education Week
May 5, 2005
excerpt: Underlying the trend is a major philosophical shift in the White House concerning the role of technology in education. During the Clinton administration, federal leaders largely viewed technology as a way to open new educational horizons. Now, under the current administration and the demands of the education law championed by President Bush, the emphasis is on technology as a tool for analyzing achievement data.
At the same time, continuing budget deficits in many states are forcing them to focus their technology spending more narrowly.
Technology directors in 44 states and the District of Columbia say inadequate funding or competition from other spending priorities are the biggest challenges they face in trying to pay for K-12 technology, according to the Education Week Research Center survey. Of those states, 16 pointed to recent cuts in federal aid, while 14 states said lack of state money was a great challenge. Ten states also mentioned a lack of sustained funding for K-12 technology as a main problem.
Posted by Jessica Millstone at May 11, 2005 12:58 PM