Plan to Zero Out U.S. Technology Grants Draws Fire
Advocates say officials should await results of federal evaluations.
A $272 million program to help states and school districts use technology for education would be axed under President Bush’s fiscal 2007 budget, partly because the White House says it lacks rigorous data on its effectiveness.
But education groups defending the Enhancing Education Through Technology program argue that the administration would get the information it needs, if only it would await the results of three ongoing federal studies costing millions of dollars, the first of which began in 2001.
“That’s a waste of the time and resources that have gone into setting up these scientifically based research grants,” said Melinda G. George, the executive director of the State Education Technology Directors Association,...
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