Schools To Get Their Own DARPA

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 26, 2010 @03:18AM from the hall-monitor-death-robots-here-we-come dept.

Julie188 writes "A decade ago, Lawrence Grossman, former president of both NBC News and PBS, and Newton Minow, former chairman of the FCC, proposed that the government set up a multi-billion dollar trust that would act as a 'venture capital fund' to research educational technologies for schools, libraries and museums. Congress has finally approved the idea, and grants could start rolling by this fall. Dubbed the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies, it should be to education what the National Science Foundation is for science, and DARPA is for national defense."

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I nominate... by Jonah+Hex · 2010-01-26 03:51 · Score: 3, Informative

I hope they allocate some money for existing projects, personal favorites are LTSP and FOG Project; both of which are used in schools and my own personal computer lab for fun.
I'd hate to see the money dumped into new projects that cost way too much, and don't do half of what already exists out there.
Feel free to add your own, I can always use more bookmarks.
Jonah HEX

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