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Submitted: July 17, 2006 - 9:12am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 3:03am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 3:03am
A NATION LEFT BEHIND ON ED TECH?
[SOURCE: eSchool News, AUTHOR: Robert Brumfield]
As lawmakers in the U.S. continue to scale back funding for educational technology--Congress is considering eliminating funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology block grant program, the single largest source of technology-specific funding for schools in the federal budget--education officials in other countries, including Britain and Mexico, are pouring more dollars into school technology programs, gearing up to prepare students for the global economy.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=6442
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