Best Practices for Balancing Budgets with Pandemic-Era Government Funding

March 24, 2022

At the height of the pandemic, K–12 district leaders had to make tech purchasing decisions on the fly. They invested in solutions that were available to get students and staff online to preserve the continuity of learning.
Government relief funds rolled out to support these ed tech initiatives. The multiple rounds of ESSER funding, the Emergency Connectivity Fund and other grants helped some schools make necessary purchases.
With so many options for available funding, K–12 leaders and IT decision-makers should keep these best practices in mind when planning their budgets this year and…

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
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Kate Clark / The Information:
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The Benefits of Integrating Technology into Today’s K–12 Classrooms

Technology integration is no longer about whether tech belongs in classrooms. In today’s education landscape, it pertains to how technology is chosen and used for learning.
Schools have received waves of government funding for educational technology. Administrators and IT leadership still have until September 2022 and September 2023 to obligate ESSER I and ESSER II funds, respectively. To get the best return on investment with this funding, districts must ensure technology integration is done effectively.
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Wall Street Journal:
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The Verge:
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