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Federal Funds to Help Equip Arizona Schools
on April 6, 2009
In the next few months, stimulus money will start to pour into the nation's schools, and Arizona wants to use its forthcoming $12.4 million to play catch up. Arizona schools plan to use that federal money -- plus $5 million from the regular federal education budget -- to buy equipment, implement high-speed Internet and train teachers to integrate the technology in the classroom, The Arizona Republic reports.
Many academic institutions across the country aim to equip students with 21st-century skills, but Arizona has struggled for years to get its schools connected to the Internet, and technology funding sunk from $12.1 million to $4.7 million.
This new funding, expected to arrive before July 1, will help Arizona students compete in a global job market, officials said.
"In all this bad news, it's a little bright spot," said Cathy Poplin, who heads the state's technology efforts for K-12 schools.
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