Is the Stimulus Meeting Its K-12 Goals?

Free Live Webinar
Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time

Also available "on demand" anytime 24 hours after the event
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The unprecedented $100 billion in education aid contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act had two goals: to stave off potentially draconian cuts to staff and programs, and to change America’s schools in ways aimed at improving student achievement for years to come. More than a year after the law’s enactment, where do we stand? How have districts and states used the money for economic recovery and educational change? What have been their challenges in spending so much money in a short time frame? And what do we have to look forward to in the second year of the law? Join two experts for an in-depth discussion of what the stimulus money is accomplishing.
Guests:

Maura Policelli, special assistant to Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller, U.S. Department of Education

Jack Jennings, president and chief executive officer, the Center on Education Policy

This webinar will be moderated by Alyson Klein, staff writer, Education Week
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Ed Tech Survey on Stimulus $'s

How your school or district has leveraged these funds for education technology and transforming teaching and learning? https://www.surveymk.com/s/ZKDKJCF

Obama to Seek $1.35 billion more for Race to the Top Program

Washington Post

http://ow.ly/YfyM

November 3 CoSN Webcast Examines Ways in Which Stimulus Funds Are Being Used to Invest in Education Technology

Washington, DC (October 27, 2009) – The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) invites you to join top educators and school technology leaders for the third installment of the 2009-2010 Internet & Education Webcast series. The Webcast, themed "Using the Economic Stimulus Dollars for Education Transformation," will take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. (EDT). This 60-minute interactive presentation will look at how different school districts are using stimulus funds to invest in technology and create innovative 21st century learning environments. Webcast participants will hear from education technology leaders who, despite economic challenges, are “mastering the moment.”

WHO:
Ed Zaiontz, Executive Director, Information Services, Round Rock ISD, Round Rock, TX
Chip Kimball, District Superintendent, Lake Washington School District #414, Redmond, WA
Mark Keen, Superintendent, Westfield, IN
Julie Wallace, Executive Director of Technology and Information Management, Birdville Independent School District, Haltom City, TX
Darryl LaGace, Chief Information and Technology Officer, San Diego, CA

WHEN:
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
1:00-2:00 p.m. (EDT)

FORMAT:
The Webcast will be an hour-long interactive presentation conducted over the Internet. Participants are encouraged to join from their home or office and will have the ability to listen and submit text questions to the presenters. Webcasts will be captioned for the deaf and hearing impaired.

REGISTRATION:
Participation in CoSN’s Internet & Education Webcast series is free for CoSN members and the media, and available to non-members for $59 per Webcast. For more information or to register, visit http://www.cosn.org/Events/20092010WebcastSeries/taid/5436/Default.aspx or contact Denise McNeill, CMP at 866.267.8747 x120 or mcneilld@cosn.org.

Each Webcast in the series correlates with CoSN’s Skills Framework for K-12 CTOs – http://www.cosn.org/resources/cto_council/framework.cfm. The series is co-produced by Adobe Systems, and sponsored by Absolute, Adobe, Cisco, Dell, Gartner, HP, IBM, Info-Tech Research Group, Lightspeed Systems, Microsoft, nGenera, PCG, Pearson, SAS, SchoolDude, SchoolMessenger, Smart Technologies, Toshiba and Verizon, and X2Development Corporation.

How do we measure school turnaround?

Article that appeared in THE Journal http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/09/21/how-do-we-measure-school-turnaround.aspx

Broadband stimulus--high priority recruitment for grant reviewers

NITA is looking for experienced expert reviewers will help ensure that stimulus funds are well invested for our future. The Department is looking for a minimum time commitment of approximately 20 hours between mid August and mid September. To get the process started, please send your professional resume and a signed Conflict of Interest/Confidentiality certification (PDF) to BTOPReviewers@ntia.doc.gov. The
COI/Confidentiality certification and additional information is
available at www.broadbandusa.gov.