BUDGET AX FALLS ON SCHOOL TECH PROGRAMS Wonder if the ax fell on sports??

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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BUDGET AX FALLS ON SCHOOL TECH PROGRAMS

Soaring budget deficits in states such as California, Indiana, Oregon, Texas
and West Virginia have forced schools to cut back or eliminate programs that
supply new computers, Internet access and instructional resources to K-12
students. In Oregon, as many as half the state's school districts are
trimming days or even weeks of instruction off the school year, and at least
1,100 teaching positions have been eliminated. Scott Robinson, chief
technology officer for Portland Public Schools, says that poorer schools are
disadvantaged by a lack of charitable contributions and alternative means of
fundraising. "The schools that have trouble raising money within the
community really are going to get left behind," he said. Schools will also
have a difficult time meeting reporting and accountability standards as
technology-based evaluation and assessment programs, such as the West
Virginia Education Information System and Oregon's Technology Enhanced
Student Assessment, lose funding. Policy analyst Mike Griffith notes that
this is the first time in which a severe economic downturn will directly
affect the use of computers in education.

SOURCE: eSchool News; AUTHOR: Corey Murray
<http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=4424&ref=wo>

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