Common Core standards have the potential to improve education for millions of students. This is a very noble cause for education. With many states in our union adopting the Common Core and its reliance on computer based testing and instruction, it has dawned on those of us in education that we don't have enough technology in schools to support such a curriculum as envisioned by Common Core. This reality hit hard when we piloted the test for English and Math. Due to the limited number of computers in our school, every single computer in every department was commandeered by the administration...

With the impending implementation of Common Core Standards and the increasing reliance on classroom technology, many schools and school districts are finding it difficult to budget for technology. Funding technology is not about buying new computers for teachers and then claiming mission accomplished. There are many challenges that need to be accounted for and funded such as bandwidth for connectivity due to the increasing number of teachers going online, software costs and yearly upgrades, technical support due to increasing demand, and what about obsoleteness? If you own a smartphone, you...