K12> [WWWEDU] Teacher tech training takes a hit (fwd)
- From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 09:29:03 -0600
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From: "Andy Carvin" <acarvin@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:20:25 -0500
Subject: [WWWEDU] Teacher tech training takes a hit (fwd)
>From today's Benton headlines... -ac
TEACHER TECH TRAINING TAKES A HIT
The Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology grant program (PT3), a
popular federal program that assists colleges of education to develop
effective edtech teacher training, is facing the chopping block under the
White House's proposed 2004 budget. In four years, PT3 has given out $337.5
million in the form of 441 grants going to universities that partner with
local school districts. John Bailey, Director of Education Technology at the
US Department of Education, says that edtech professional development would
be better served if federal funds were distributed to states via block
grants. "The president is not saying that it's not important for our
teachers to learn how to use technology," Bailey said. "We do believe that's
important. In the end, we're still achieving the same goal, we're just doing
it from another program that's out there." But Don Knezek, director of the
National Center for PT3 and CEO of the International Society for Technology
and Education, could not disagree more. "Eliminating funding for the PT3
program, unless the legislature elects to maintain it despite the
president's recommendation, will bring an end to the most effective and
far-reaching federally supported new teacher improvement program in recent
decades," he said. "What we're losing is that overarching piece that looks
at the (teacher preparation) issue as a national issue," he said. "I believe
that it's a national crisis, and it requires a national effort."
[SOURCE: Wired News, AUTHOR: Katie Dean]
(http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,57583,00.html)
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