Tech Fund Increased
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eSchool News Announces Nation’s
School Technology Funding Conference
Washington, D.C.-- Not many noticed when the White House this
month announced plans to increase technology funding by $400
million through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers
program. But those educators who learn first about the provisions
of this program—already funded to the tune of $200 million per
year—will be in the best position to acquire the federal funding
they need to buy computers and other technology that will
benefit all their students.
Alerting educators to such lucrative opportunities is the
purpose of Grants & Funding for School Technology, a national
conference slated for San Diego on April 29 and 30.
“Approximately $30 billion in new funding already has been
earmarked for school technology by government agencies, corporate
philanthropies, and nonprofit foundations," said Gregg W. Downey,
publisher of eSchool News, America's only newspaper about school
technology. "School leaders just need to know where that money is
-- and how to get it."
Filling that information gap is an ongoing mission of his
newspaper, Downey said. Providing in-depth instruction on sources
and strategies for obtaining the necessary resources is the
central purpose of Grants & Funding for School Technology, a
two - day conference at San Diego's Wyndham Emerald Plaza Hotel.
"We’re bringing educators together with money for their technology
and training."
Grants & Funding for School Technology: Proven Strategies For
Capturing Your Piece of the $30 Billion Pie will assemble leaders
from school districts and state departments of education, grants
writers, and fund-raising experts as well as corporate,
foundation, and federal/state grant givers to help schools find
and secure the support they need for their technology programs.
Terry Crane, Ed.D., president of the CEO Forum on Education and
Technology, will be the conference keynote speaker. Kate Moore,
CEO of the federal Schools & Libraries Corp., will brief attendees
on the state of the controversial eRate, which her agency
administers and which will distribute $1.9 billion to schools
and libraries across the nation this year.
Conference attendees will learn technology funding sources and
strategies from the program officers themselves—the people who
make critical decisions and approve grant requests. Speakers
include Barbara Ashbrook of the National Endowment for the
Humanities; Cheryl Garnette of the U.S Department of Education,
Dr. Stan Levenson, author of "How to Get Grants and Gifts for K-12
Schools" and Mike Haney of the National Science Foundation.
School technology grant decision makers from corporate
foundations such as the AT&T Foundation and the Cisco Foundation
will also present, as well as the nation’s leading authorities on
successful grant seeking and fund raising.
Along with three general sessions, the conference program
includes two tracks: Tools & Techniques and Contacts & Content
and 18 sessions. Conference attendees will learn how to research
and write winning grant proposals, build relationships with key
funders, create and manage successful public/private strategic
alliances.
eSchool News, producer of the 2-day event, reports each month
on major news and events related to school technology and the
internet. The national newspaper based in Bethesda, Md., outside
the nation's capital, is read by more than 120,000 K-12 school
administrators.
For additional information on attending or presenting at Grants
& Funding for School Technology, please contact eSchool News at:
- conference hotline: (800) 394-0115 x119
- fax: (301) 913-0119
- eMail: confe...@eschoolnews.org
- write: eSchool News, 7920 Norfolk Ave., #900,
Bethesda MD 20814
- visit http://www.eSchoolNews.org
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sthe...@my-dejanews.com
That is great information. I can really use this for grant writing. What is
the criteria for applying to these grants. Do certain schools have first
dibs, such as low economic schools?
spbt...@my-dejanews.com
Hey this is great information thanks. I am in my grad class right now, and we
are discussing technology issues.