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Opinion: New Money for Ed Tech, but Same Potential Pitfalls
The American Rescue Plan presents schools with some high-stakes opportunities to make lasting changes. Pixabay/MohamedHassan
About $130 billion allocated for K-12 education from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) will provide schools with much-needed funds to help them recover from pandemic-created losses. And it will also allow them to rebuild and rethink the educational technology programs they’ve leaned on so heavily this past year.
But given the magnitude of these one-time monies, the stakes are raised for schools to ensure the funds allocated to ed tech are well-spent and focused on sustainability.