DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Education Division of the Software & Information Industry
Association (SIIA) picked Nepris
as a finalist for the Innovation Incubator Program, which identifies and
supports the development of innovative education technology products.
Nepris bridges the gap between industry and education by providing an
online platform to connect teachers with industry professionals in
science, engineering, technology and math (STEM). Click to tweet: http://ctt.ec/8u6bR.ROCKLIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The infrastructure funding experts at ECO:LOGIC Engineering (www.ecologic-eng.com) secured a critical funding package from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 for the City of Live Oak in California. The stimulus funding agreement, which includes a $10 million grant—the maximum amount possible—and a $6 million low-interest loan, will offset the cost to build a new wastewater treatment facility for Live Oak (www.liveoakcity.org).
In the last 2 years, ECO:LOGIC has secured $28 million in grants and $71 million in low-interest loans for small disadvantaged communities in California including Live Oak, which is the fourth biggest stimulus project in the Sacramento region. Other awards include $10.5 million for the San Andreas Sanitary District’s new wastewater treatment plant and a $2 million grant plus a $32.98 million low-interest loan for the Merced wastewater treatment plant.
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Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2009By ANNE MARIE CHAKER
It’s shaping up to be a grim year for the Spokane Public School district in Washington state. Like so many others, it is making deep cuts in everything from teaching staff to school supplies this coming school year. But there’s one bright spot for the district: The amount of federal dollars to incorporate technology in the classroom—and to train teachers to use it—is expected to double to about $160,000 from the previous year.
At the same time school districts around the nation are bracing for a round of severe belt-tightening as a result of strained state and local budgets, they’re also getting a significant bump in federal funding to make their classrooms more tech-savvy, which they hope will help improve student performance.
At least four large urban school districts plan to spend a significant amount of their federal economic-stimulus money to support or improve programs for English-language learners, a fast-growing group in U.S. schools. The districts—Boston, New York City, St. Paul, Minn., and Seattle—have had varying degrees of success serving such students. (MORE)Further into the Education Week article, I discovered a group called the ELL Working Group: http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/ARRA/ They have published a 22-page report about how schools can tap into stimulus funds for ELLs.
Schools To Begin Receiving Economic Stimulus Money
The Associated Press
4/2/2009
The Obama administration has released $44 billion, the first round of school dollars from the economic stimulus package.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan made the announcement Wednesday at Doswell Brooks Elementary School in the Maryland suburbs, just outside of Washington.
"It's critical the money go out quickly, but it's even more important this money be spent wisely," Duncan told a group of kids, teachers and state and local leaders in the school library.
Video Footage here: http://video.ap.org/?t=By%20Section/U.S.&p=&f=NYONI&g=0401dv_school_stimulus_money
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
