Obama Plan Champions E-Rate Fixes

Autor/in	Cavanagh, Sean
Titel	Obama Plan Champions E-Rate Fixes
Quelle	In: Education Week, 32 (2013) 35, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Federal Government; Presidents; Educational Policy; Public Policy; Technology Uses in Education; Fees; Telecommunications; Teacher Education; Technology Education; Classroom Environment; Access to Information; Technological Advancement; Technology Integration; Academic Achievement; Educational Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education; Politics of Education; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesregierung; President; Präsident; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Telekommunikationstechnik; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Schulleistung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Educational policy; USA
Abstract	President Barack Obama is calling for an ambitious overhaul of the federal E-rate program, a step that many education and technology advocates have been urging for years to improve what they see as schools' badly out-of-date technological capabilities. The administration intends to ask the Federal Communications Commission to consider rechanneling and increasing funding through the program, which is derived from telecommunications fees, with the goal of giving 99 percent of the nation's schools access to high-speed broadband and wireless Internet within five years. Mr. Obama's plan, dubbed "ConnectED," also calls for the U.S. Department of Education to lead an effort, using existing federal funding, to boost teachers' skills in using classroom technology, widely regarded as a shortcoming for many of today's educators. The White House declares that its plan also will foster innovations and benefit schools in indirect ways, such as by encouraging more education technology companies to develop products focused on improving K-12 learning, as opposed to other technology tools. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10