iSean

the house version of the economic stimulus package included a provision for $1 billion new dollars going to Title II D of NCLB, Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT). this program currently has about $267 million so this would be an incredibly substantial improvement. a good portion of this new money would go toward competitive grants and another 25% largely focused on staff development. this money could appear by this summer. that being said, the stimulus must still get through congress and much can still happen . . . and then it will most certainly get tweaked in the Department of Education. but seeing this renewed focus on technology in education is promising. and, we should also see the infrastructure put in place to bring broadband to rural areas of the country, which is great news for helping to close the digital divide for schools and students in rural areas.