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Friday, September 19, 2014

Maryland Delivers $4.9M In Education, Innovation Grants

Students across Maryland will find expanded access to new technology and resources thanks to $4.9 million in grants. The grants are aimed at fostering long-term economic growth in the State, Governor Martin O’Malley announced Thursday.

Nine Maryland school systems have been awarded $3.5 million toward their second round of Digital Learning Innovation Fund grants. The grants will enable students to interact with new and emerging technologies with an emphasis on workplace skills.

Additionally, the State has issued $1.4 million to four school system postsecondary education partnerships through the Early College Innovation Fund. The program promotes collaboration between local school systems and higher education institutions with the purpose of expanding college access.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe with all the new technology, the board of ed. can get the data together about their spending as requested by the County Council eons ago.

Anonymous said...

look see what we've done... vote for your democraps.