Friday, February 27, 2009

Utah is Spending its Stimulus money

This excerpt is from an eSchool News compilation of news stories.

This is exactly what I have been talking about for weeks. The money is coming and the education companies who are out in front, taking a risk in ad dollars and trade show presence-- will reap the benefits.

Utah will use some of its federal stimulus money to
pay for high-tech teaching software and new computer labs in the state's poorest schools as part of an effort to use new technologies to boost test scores, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. Utah schools superintendent Patti Harrington and
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. are still working out the details of how the state will spend its $500 million in emergency education funding. But after a White House meeting Feb. 25 with education leaders from each state, Harrington promised big
changes. MORE

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