Trump budget cuts could increase division in edtech take up
The US digital education divide could grow even wider if President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget and its proposed spending cuts are accepted, according to reports. While charter and private schools could afford to pay for advances in edtech, schools in low-income rural or urban districts are less likely to have the funds to do so, causing their pupils would miss out. In addition, the budget would also cut a further $2.4bn in support for teaching training.
K-12 administrators have been steeling themselves for challenging times for professional-development funding since the release of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018, which would eliminate $2.4 billion in Title II-A grants that support teacher training.

That federal money, now obtained through the Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program of the Every Student Succeeds…