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"Why is technology important?" there are now more than two decades of work that I think cannot be ignored, pointing to not only the positive impacts of technology in areas like basic reading skills and improved writing and helping kids do advanced work in mathematics and science, but also to the areas where we do need to do more work, where there is, of course, improvement to be made. And, as our knowledge of how kids learn and our technological capabilities grow, we should expect to continue to have to invest in research, in development, in evaluation, and then to be prepared to apply those findings in real application and real practice.

But even in that limited arena, there is research under controlled conditions that shows that students with access to good technology applications and good teaching learn more and learn faster than students who don't.

It is an initiative that we believe will make it possible for more students to come closer to our goals of higher academic standards and the preparation of our students with skills and knowledge that we believe and the businesses and parents believe are the essential foundations for life-long learning.

chool districts spend millions of dollars each year on technology for the classroom. That hardware and software has the potential to save time in the area of administrative duties as well as to significantly impact student learning when integrated into an existing curriculum. 

he obvious key to technology’s successful implementation in schools is training and support. This is not an earth-shattering revelation. The first problem is that new staff members are not receiving even the minimum amounts of training they need to successfully utilize existing technologies beyond the lowest levels of use. In addition, these new teachers are not provided with any long-term support system to aid them in reflection or continued growth.  Even veteran teachers are already overburdened with duties and often reluctant to take on more new challenges.