We must do more to make sure that the latest technology is available to every American student, regardless of where they live or what school they attend. The President is committed to making sure that the federal government helps in this effort. The President's plan would streamline the numerous federal technology programs into a performance-based technology grant program. This simplified structure will ensure that more technology dollars get into our classrooms. When schools are free of the administrative burdens that they must currently endure to receive technology funding, they can spend more time focusing on how to best use that technology funding.
Technology can be a powerful tool to approve academic achievement.
But we must not use technology as a crutch - or a lack of technology as an excuse. Technology must be integrated into our classrooms in ways that will help increase student achievement. When technology is properly incorporated into our classrooms, more students will develop the skills it takes to succeed in the modern workforce. And American companies will finally be able to look within our own nation to find the high-tech employees they need. I know that you are ready and willing to do what it takes to improve education.