Education Next – Julia Freeland Fisher
“As more states gear up for online testing regimes, state agencies and advocacy groups are flocking to support digital infrastructure and learning. For example, in Georgia, the Connections for Classrooms initiative has given $8.2 million in grant money to 47 Georgia school districts in order to provide high-speed broadband access and to strengthen blended learning in the state. Similarly, in Massachusetts, the Digital Connections Partnership Schools Grant is a competitive, matching state grant program to bridge the digital divide that exists in some schools across the Commonwealth and strengthen 21st-century teaching and learning. The state match provides funding for infrastructure and the local match may be used to fund any combination of infrastructure, devices for students and educators, professional development, and assistive technology.”(more)