Ed Tech Magazine – Rebecca Torchia
K–12 education is on the precipice of change in 2024. School IT administrators need to be ready to adapt as numerous shifts at the federal level create impacts throughout the education landscape.
Affecting many schools’ budgets this year, the final round of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding expires in September. Many K–12 institutions relied on this funding to sustain new educational technology programs, including providing devices to teachers and students.
Additionally, the Office of Educational Technology is poised to release its updated National Educational Technology Plan in early 2024. The revisions to the NETP will take into consideration the vast changes to the K–12 technology landscape as a result of the pandemic and the subsequent accelerated digital transformation.