“State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell announced Friday that the California Department of Education is awarding $34 million in federal Enhancing Education Through Technology funding to 1,062 local educational agencies in the state.…
These funds will help schools integrate technology into their classrooms and train teachers to use these tools more effectively to enhance their students' learning experience.’ CDE was awarded $71 million in EETT funding by the U.S. Department of Education last August.
The funds are part of the federal stimulus funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will be disbursed in two ways. EETT is designed to improve student achievement through the use of instructional technologies in elementary and secondary schools. The goal is to help all students become technologically literate by the end of the eighth grade.”
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