Planning and Financing Educational Technology . This report summarizes the second of four workshops organized to take advantage of the experience and insights of those already implementing new technologies in the schools. Connecting K-12 Schools to the Information Superhighway . The funding challenge is substantial both because of the limited access most schools have today to the basic infrastructure, and because of the fiscal pressures at work in the current budgetary environment. Russell I. Rothstein.
Many states have programs to fund networking in schools.
The federal government has a role, although it must become more flexible and coordinated. However, as Vice President Gore has continued to state, the NII will be built by the private sector. A number of states have initiated cooperative ventures between businesses and schools. This paper is also available in Adobe Acrobat PDF , Mac Word , and Postscript formats. Jamieson McKenzie, Ed.D., Editor.