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Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) General Information

EETT Grant Type: The Enhancing Education Through Technology Program consolidates the current Technology Literacy Challenge Fund (TLCF) and Technology Innovation Challenge Grant programs into a single state formula grant program. First, states apply for the formula grant. States then distribute funds through both formula and discretionary grants to educational agencies and local entities, respectively.

EETT Eligibility: All states are eligible to have their state educational agency (SEA) apply for EETT funds. Organizations on the local level (districts, schools, local entities) must apply to their state’s SEA for the funds that the SEA received from the EETT.

EETT Application Process: An SEA that seeks EETT funds through an individual Ed-Tech State Grant application, as opposed to a consolidated state application, must submit the following information:

Applicant information from the U.S. Department of Education:

• http://www.ed.gov/programs/edtech/applicant.html

Applicants also will need to submit the following:

• Form No. 84.318 - [download PDF] | [download Word]

The Enhancing Education Through Technology Program

Part D of Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub. L. 107-110), establishes the Enhancing Education Through Technology Program to make funds available to state educational agencies for the purpose of instituting new technologies in the classroom.

EETT Goals

1. To improve student academic performance through the use of technology in elementary schools and secondary schools.
   
   
2. To assist every student in crossing the digital divide by ensuring that every student is technologically literate by the time the student finishes the eighth grade, regardless of the student's race, ethnicity, gender, family income, geographic location or disability.
   
   
3. To encourage the effective integration of technology resources and systems with teacher training and curricular development to establish research-based instructional methods that can be widely implemented as best practices by state educational agencies and local educational agencies.
   
   

Source: http://www.ed.gov/programs/edtech/index.html

Enhancing Education Through Technology Program Purpose

The Enhancing Education Through Technology Program consolidates the current Technology Literacy Challenge Fund (TLCF) and Technology Innovation Challenge Grant programs into a single state formula grant program. The purposes of the Enhancing Education Through Technology Program are:

1. To provide assistance to states and localities for the implementation and support of a comprehensive system that effectively utilizes technology in elementary schools and secondary schools to improve student academic achievement.
   
   
2. To encourage the establishment or expansion of initiatives, including initiatives involving public/private partnerships, designed to increase access to technology, particularly in schools served by high-need local educational agencies.
   
   
3. To assist states and localities in the acquisition, development, interconnection, implementation, improvement and maintenance of an effective educational technology infrastructure in a manner that expands access to technology for students (particularly for disadvantaged students) and teachers.
   
   
4. To promote initiatives that provide schoolteachers, principals and administrators with the capacity to integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction that are aligned with challenging state academic content and student academic achievement standards, through such means as high-quality professional development programs.
   
   
5. To enhance the ongoing professional development of teachers, principals and administrators by providing constant access to training and updated research in teaching and learning through electronic means.
   
   
6. To support the development and utilization of electronic networks and other innovative methods, such as distance learning, of delivering specialized or rigorous academic courses and curricula for students in areas that otherwise would not have access to such courses and curricula, particularly in geographically isolated regions.
   
   
7. To support the rigorous evaluation of programs funded under this part, particularly regarding the impact of such programs on student academic achievement, and ensure that timely information on the results of such evaluations is widely accessible through electronic means.
   
   
8. To support local efforts that use technology to promote parent and family involvement in education and communication among students, parents, teachers, principals and administrators.
   
   

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