21stCenturyGrants

=Transforming Connecticut Schools into 21st Century Learning Environments=

The Connecticut State Department of Education has supported schools by providing opportunities for competitive grant funding that will assist school districts in transforming into 21st Century Learning Environments. Below is background information and links to information about those grant projects.

Web Links to Grant Projects

 * **EETT Grant Projects 2009-2011:** To view a Google site created by the State Outside Evaluator, go to: [].
 * **Progress Reports and Instruments, Tools and Products:** To view progress made, go to: []

Background
In February of 2010, a large number of very high quality proposals were submitted to the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) to Transform Schools into 21st Century Learning Environments. Funding was through Connecticut’s Title IID Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) American Resource and Recovery Act (ARRA) 21st Century Learning Environment Competitive Grant Program. There were many wonderful, innovative projects proposed, and for this reason, additional money (beyond the $1.4 million originally anticipated) was approved for use in the program. This allowed the (CSDE) to fund many more proposals than they had originally anticipated.

Based on the proposals received and a rigorous review process, the following 14 proposals were the highest scoring, and received full funding for their proposed projects under the Title IID ARRA 21st Century Learning Environments Competitive grant program (listed in alphabetical order):

• ACES (Wintergreen Magnet School) • Bridge Academy Charter School • CES (Six-to-Six Magnet School in Bridgeport, Woodbridge Public Schools) • Common Ground Charter School • East Haven Public Schools • Education Connection (Consortia with Wilbur Cross High School, New Haven) • Hamden Public Schools • Meriden Public Schools • New Haven Public Schools • Norwich Public Schools • Oxford Public Schools • Torrington Public Schools • Windham Public Schools • Windsor Public Schools

Several other districts (the next highest scoring) were partially funded at the level of $100,000. Listed in alphabetical order, these proposals are:

• Brooklyn Public Schools • CREC (Charter School for Young Children, Hartford, International Magnet School for Global Citizenship, East Hartford, Reggio Magnet School for the Arts, Avon) • CT Technical High School System • EASTCONN (Regional School Districts 8, 11, and 19) • East Windsor Public Schools • Killingly Public Schools • LEARN (Regional Multicultural Magnet School and Dual Language Arts Academy, New London) • Vernon Public Schools • Waterford Public Schools Glen Martin Associates (GMA), a NYS Women-Owned Business located in Troy, NY, is serving as the external evaluator of the CT-EETT program. Their evaluation is focused on investigating (in the aggregate) the extent to which activities funded under the CT-EETT program have been effective in meeting the program's three primary goals: technology integration, student technology literacy, and student achievement. GMA has created a Google site to share information and evaluation data about these 21st Centurty Learning grants as well as an earlier group of districts grant projects that were funded to develop Computer Assisted Writing.

To view this Google site, go to: [].