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New Emphases in Federal Technology Funding: Factors for Success
By Joanne Striley

In March 2002, the Department of Education announced its new Enhancing Education Through Technology (ED Tech) Program. Part of the No Child Left Behind Act, ED Tech represents an integrated, across-the-board effort to use technology to support preK-12 literacy and achievement. The emphasis in this approach is on the ED, rather than on the Tech. In this new vision technology becomes not an end in itself, but a tool to call upon in the effort to improve the quality of education for all students. And, because of this change in emphasis, projects seeking funding will need to consider the ED Tech goals. Some hallmarks of this new approach are:...

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