http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/01/30/ipods-and-laptops-and-junkets-oh-my-local-schools-swimming-in-cash/ Where the News is Made!™ (online) Tue, 22 May 2012 00:46:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/01/30/ipods-and-laptops-and-junkets-oh-my-local-schools-swimming-in-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-1347 Crying wolf: “Destitute” Albemarle and Charlottesville schools blowing cash on gratuitous technology? : The Schilling Show Blog Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:17:07 +0000 http://blog.schillingshow.com/?p=1221#comment-1347 [...] McKeel, Wade’s Albemarle County School Board “chicken little” counterpart, sounded her own fiscal fire alarm in a December 27, 2010 Progress article: “Certainly, we’re [...] [...] McKeel, Wade’s Albemarle County School Board “chicken little” counterpart, sounded her own fiscal fire alarm in a December 27, 2010 Progress article: “Certainly, we’re [...]

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]]> http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/01/30/ipods-and-laptops-and-junkets-oh-my-local-schools-swimming-in-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Cville Eye Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:56:04 +0000 http://blog.schillingshow.com/?p=1221#comment-549 Don't forget the Kindles used at Burnley-Moran. http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/education/article/burnley-moran_kindles_an_interest_in_reading/51125/ It seems that a teacher secured a "grant" from Charlottesville Public Schools for $5,221 to equip this state-of-the-art, research program with a classroom set in order to help students to become "independent readers." I think just about all of the commenters wondered exactly what was going on. It would be great to read a paper in an educational journal about the results of this experiemnt. I know that Amazon.com is happy they were paid $295/unit. Every budget season, the public is told that the school system will have to eliminate teachers to balance the budget. Why not eliminate pilot programs? Don’t forget the Kindles used at Burnley-Moran. http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/education/article/burnley-moran_kindles_an_interest_in_reading/51125/
It seems that a teacher secured a “grant” from Charlottesville Public Schools for $5,221 to equip this state-of-the-art, research program with a classroom set in order to help students to become “independent readers.” I think just about all of the commenters wondered exactly what was going on. It would be great to read a paper in an educational journal about the results of this experiemnt. I know that Amazon.com is happy they were paid $295/unit.
Every budget season, the public is told that the school system will have to eliminate teachers to balance the budget. Why not eliminate pilot programs?

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