O.C. schools get $1.7 million in stimulus money
By Scott Martindale/Orange County Register
Orange County public schools will receive $1.7 million in federal stimulus funds this month to improve technology in the classroom, the latest round of grant money to flow to local schools under President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus package. The Enhancing Education Through Technology grant is intended to integrate more technology into the curriculum and help ensure all students are technologically literate by eighth grade. California received $71.6 million total via this federal grant and is distributing about half of it now, with the remainder to be doled out later this year. (more...)