Sentences with phrase «school computers funded»

Runcie was charged with bringing order to a technology department marred with delays in installing school computers funded through a federal grant.

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The Clinton platform also focuses heavily on education, including a call to broaden computer science education in public schools, revamp job training programs, and provide more funds for minority colleges to help tackle tech's diversity problem.

In regard to primary and secondary education, initiatives include imposing caps on class sizes; ensuring schools have the necessary support staff; funding full - day kindergarten and half - day junior kindergarten for vulnerable children; eliminating fees and fundraising for learning essentials, such as computers; phasing out private schools and bringing charter schools under the jurisdiction of school boards; and providing breakfast and lunch programs.

Many state legislatures, for example, are funding computer networks to link public schools throughout America.

• The Rural Technology Fund, founded by a tech executive who had limited access to computers when he was growing up in rural Kentucky, helps out - of - the - way schools get equipment and books to help ignite a «spark» for studying electronics, programming or engineering; and gives scholarships to students from rural communities who hope to pursue careers in technology.

Of the nine donors or foundations that gave the Fund for Public Schools $ 1 million or more this year, six gave specifically to the computer science program.

To Equip Classrooms with SMART Boards, Laptops, Other Instructional Tools QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz announced an allocation of over $ 5 million of her Fiscal Year 2016 discretionary capital funds to provide SMART Boards, laptop computers and other tech devices to public elementary and middle schools in the borough.

The Office of the Queens Borough President provides capital funding that can be used to fund large - scale projects, including but not limited to infrastructure improvements and affordable housing developments, and to purchase smaller - scale fixed assets, like computers, Smart - Boards for schools and meal delivery vehicles.

With Smart Schools funds, school districts are investing in technology such as computer servers, interactive whiteboards, tablets, desktop and laptop computers, and high - speed broadband and wireless connectivity.

Project BOOST currently operates in 41 schools across the 34th Senate District — providing essential funding for class trips, arts and drama programs and computer science and technology labs.

Agencies receiving Operation Primetime funding in 2012 include: Access of WNY, African American Cultural Center, Back to Basics, Be A Friend, Bob Lanier Center, Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora, Boys & Girls Club of Eden, Boys & Girls Club of Holland, Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Prep, Buffalo Urban League, Butler Mitchell Association, Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Community Action Organization, Computers for Children, Concerned Ecumenical Ministries, Cradle Beach Camp, Elim Community Corporation, Erie Regional Housing Development Corp. — Belle Center, Firsthand Learning, FLARE, Girls Sports Foundation, Greater Niagara Frontier Council — Boy Scouts, Jericho Road Ministries, Justice Lifeline, King Urban Life Center, Lackawanna Sports & Education, Making Fishers of Men & Women, National Inner City Youth Opportunities, North Buffalo CDC, Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Old First Ward Community Association, PBBC Matt Urban Center, Peace of the City, Police Athletic League, Schiller Park Community Center, Seneca Babcock Community Association, Seneca Street Community Development, Town of Tonawanda Recreation Department, UB Liberty Partnership, University District CDC, Urban Christian Ministries, Valley Community Association, Westminster Community Charter School, Westside Community Center, Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education, WNY United Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Young Audiences, Community Action Organization (Detention), Firsthand Learning (Detention), Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education (Detention).

Agencies receiving Year - Round funding in 2014 include: Access of WNY, Inc. ($ 10,000), African Cultural Center of Buffalo, Inc. ($ 8,500), Be-A-Friend Program, Inc. (Big Brothers Big Sisters)($ 7,500), Blossom Garden Friends School ($ 3,000), Boys & Girls Club of Buffalo, Inc. ($ 7,500), Boys & Girls Club of Eden, Inc. ($ 5,000), Boys & Girls Club of Northtowns of WNY, Inc. ($ 12,500), Boys & Girls Club of Orchard Park, Inc. ($ 5,000), Boys and Girls Club East Aurora, Inc. ($ 15,000), Buffalo Urban League, Inc. ($ 12,500), Canisius College ($ 5,000), Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Inc. ($ 5,500), Child and Family Services of Erie County (Haven House)($ 10,000), Compeer West, Inc. ($ 10,000), Computers for Children, Inc. ($ 7,500), Cradle Beach Camp, Inc. ($ 12,500), Daemen College ($ 10,000), Elim Community Corporation ($ 5,000), Erie Regional Housing Dev.

MANHATTAN — A former Department of Education computer consultant ripped off nearly $ 4 million from city schools to fund a lavish lifestyle — the latest in a string of black marks for city contractors, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Over the past two years in New York City, PB has led to funding for expanded sidewalks for pedestrians, increased security in libraries, computers for schools, and much more.

The first describes Operation Reboot, a $ 2.5 million, federally funded program to train middle - aged, out - of - work computer professionals for jobs as high school computer teachers.

Maddupu Balaram, head of the computer science and mathematics department and principal investigator of the project funded by the school's NSF grant, says he's pleased with the chance to lighten the financial load on students.

The computer scientist is a doctoral candidate at the Saarland University Graduate School for Computer Science, and also a researcher at the Center for IT - Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA), one of three security research centers in Germany that are specifically funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Researccomputer scientist is a doctoral candidate at the Saarland University Graduate School for Computer Science, and also a researcher at the Center for IT - Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA), one of three security research centers in Germany that are specifically funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and ResearcComputer Science, and also a researcher at the Center for IT - Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA), one of three security research centers in Germany that are specifically funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF.

When the school's dean (Joe Flynn) won't use funding to buy his institution a computer, the students take it upon themselves.

The project, which they produced with an outdated version of Flash on an old computer, so impressed school board members that they gave him funding for more computers and improved software.

In 2015, the council funded 15 new classrooms at Sandringham School, which included three large science laboratories, a computer science room, preparation rooms and seminar rooms to accommodate 30 new pupils per year.

Barefoot Computing The Barefoot Computing Project, which was originally funded by the DfE, offers free workshops and downloadable teaching resources to help primary school teachers in England deliver the computer science elements of the new computing curriculum.

In a draft of a program announcement, the nsf says it will provide some $ 5 million this year to fund three to six major projects that develop programs or materials for teaching math to elementary - school students, with an emphasis on using calculators and computers.

Berea Middle School, in Greenville, South Carolina, for example, not only has developed a laptop initiative using Title I funds that provide low - income students with much - needed access to Web - enabled computers, it also reaches out to the school's parent population at the sameSchool, in Greenville, South Carolina, for example, not only has developed a laptop initiative using Title I funds that provide low - income students with much - needed access to Web - enabled computers, it also reaches out to the school's parent population at the sameschool's parent population at the same time.

Over the last eight years, the district has spent $ 32 million on the hardware systems necessary to track student demographic and performance data districtwide, and another $ 2 million on additional computers that allow teachers to access the system; much of this funding has come from the federal E-Rate program, which has allocated more than $ 10 billion toward Internet infrastructure in K — 12 schools and libraries since 1996 (see «World Wide Wonder?»

On the experience and funding you'll need as a teacher attending a Code.org workshop: Teachers are our most important audience at Code.org because they can get computer science directly into schools.

Consider the school personnel who already understand, intuitively, how this principle works: the music teacher whose program has been cut in order to fund computer labs; the principal who has had to beef up security in order to protect high - priced technology; the superintendent who has had to craft an «acceptable use» agreement that governs children's use of the Internet (and for the first time in our history renounces the school's responsibility for the material children are exposed to while in school).

For computer - based learning to continue its disruptive march into education, legislatures must not fall into the trap of allocating the same per - pupil funding to computer - based learning that school districts receive.

«The awards also paved the way for more technology funding, including a new 20 - Macintosh computer lab for Web development, and art and music technology at the high school level,» added Simeone.

Available to play postalmuseum.org/learning Cracking Code Breakers at The Postal Museum Primary schools visiting The Postal Museum can book a 1 - hour interactive workshop: Cracking Code Breakers: Engineering Colossus the world's first programmable computer # 120 plus VAT per class (up to 30 pupils) To find out more, or book a visit: postalmuseum.org/for-schools Cracking Code Breakers is funded by Royal Mail and John Cass Foundation and was developed with support from the National Museum of Computing.

Our political leaders find it easier, perhaps more politically palatable and certainly more popular, to fund new school buildings and supply students with new computers.

This begs the question of why we're not evolving at a faster rate if there are, by Apple's count, 1.5 million iPads in American classrooms and increased funding for 1:1 computer initiatives in all public schools?

The Leadership Conference Education Fund reports that African American families consider ensuring that students have access to computers and other technology in school the second - highest priority for additional school funding (after ensuring that there are enough books and instructional materials), with 94 percent saying it is one of the most important or very important uses.

Education companies can partner with educational entities to apply for federal funds aimed at boosting STEM and computer science education in K - 12 schools.

Usage of these additional funds is at each school's discretion, so we suggest asking your administration if some of that funding can be put towards teaching computer science with a Kodable subscription.

Any computers purchased with funding through the Title I program may only be used by Title I — eligible students in the private school.

For schools with 300 or more students, the funding often exceeds building costs, and the surplus has gone to hire additional staff and buy extra computers and books.

Preliminary findings from a two - year study of new charter schools that were given extra funds to combine computer - based learning with teacher instruction show that schools quickly ran into budget shortfalls and pulled back on their technology plans.

Parents must sign an agreement that says they will use at least a portion of the ESA funds to provide an education in, at a minimum, English language arts, mathematics, social studies and science, use the scholarship funds only for qualifying educational expenses, and not use funds to purchase nonallowable computer hardware, other technology or consumable educational supplies or on tuition at a higher education institution or a noneligible nonpublic school.

Add in the tens of million spent by local school districts on computers and internet expansion so that students can take the on - line tests, along with the substitute teachers who were brought in so that full - time teachers could be pulled out to «learn about the Common Core,» and well over $ 150 — $ 200 million dollars (or more) in public funds have been diverted from instruction to the Common Core and Common Core testing disaster.

APPEAL: If we are able to raise more than $ 150,000.00, the rest of the fund will be spent based on the hierarchy of our needs in the following order: Pearson Common Core Curriculum Textbooks, Computer Lab, Reliable Transportation, Update and Maintenance of a Functioning School Website, Expansion of Classroom to Accommodate next year's 9th Graders, and the purchase of Commercial Grade Printers.

According to Michelle Molnar at EdWeek Market Brief, «education companies can partner with educational entities to apply for new federal funds aimed at STEM learning and computer science education in K - 12 schools.»

Refusing to concede defeat, Highland said he's considering drafting a bill to curb state funding for textbooks and tests aligned to the Common Core and for the computer equipment that schools need to administer those tests online.

Schools can boost affordability by phasing in changes over several years, using Title I funds for computers and software, and applying for grant funding.

The funds will help bring much - needed technology to the school to support improved student learning outcomes and exposure to computer science.

It is troubling to see grants and special bonds and funds go to brand new charter schools that will likely be used to warehouse children sitting in front of computers.

Seeing a technology gap in charter schools that struggle with funding, they know their business model to refurbish computer equipment for resale is a perfect fit for charters balancing tight budgets with the need to educate and expose students to technology.

The grant funds allowed the school to purchase new civics resource books for all the civics classes, a new 32 computer lab, and new zSpace technology.

The grant will fund a center of design and computer sciences at Bugg, a school of design, art and engineering at Southeast Raleigh and an environmental connections theme at Lincoln Heights and Millbrook.

The Obama administration has made the inclusion of standardized test scores a hallmark of its school reform efforts, and provided additional funding so that states could build the necessary computer systems.

Another $ 100 million was also removed from grants awarded to states under the Enhancing Education Through Technology program, which is funding that has helped schools buy computers, software and networking systems.