Conventional wisdom suggests that part of any winning formula for education reform will include better uses of technology in the classroom.
A couple North Carolina school districts learned on Tuesday they will be rewarded for steps they’ve taken toward that end with multi-million dollar federal grants to put technology innovations on a fast track.
Guilford County Schools and Iredell-Statesville Schools are among 16 selected from 372 applicants across the country that will get a portion of a $400 million “Race to the Top” grant, the first time the program has been directed to individual districts instead of states.
