Department Study to Examine Effectiveness of Technology
The Department of Education plans a
three-year, $15 million study to gauge the effectiveness of using
technology to improve learning. The congressionally mandated study will
address a gap in knowledge that for years has frustrated both educators
and policymakers.
"It's now time for the next step, [to see how technology is] applied to the curriculum," Secretary of Education Rod Paige said to a group of educators and business leaders at a recent meeting here.
He told the people gathered for the Jan. 25 policy summit of the National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training, a Fairfax Station, Va.-based group, that the study would come at a time when nearly all classrooms are wired to the Internet and most schools have an...
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