Tools and resources to drive your technology initiatives

To help school leaders keep pace with current research and educational practices, the K-12 Blueprint offers toolkits to help support technology initiatives and standards-based learning. Whether you're launching a one-to-one program, moving from print to digital content, implementing Computational Thinking skills into your curriculum, enhancing data security efforts, or revising technology policies, these toolkits can inform and guide your decisions along the way.

All Funding toolkit files

A zip file containing all of the downloadable Funding toolkit resources

Funding Toolkit Resource Matrix

An easy-to-use overview of K-12 Blueprint Funding Toolkit resources with suggested uses

Funding Graphic Organizer

A visual organizer to help support school and district funding efforts

Funding the Future: Financing Education Technology

 In today’s tight education budgets, here are how many districts are funding beyond basic operating dollars

Financing the Future

Rally the troops when searching for funds to fuel your eLearning and education technology initiatives

Fundraising Planning

Set priorities, increase involvement, diversify fundraising vehicles, and limit “crisis” fundraising

eLearning Funding Methodology

Learn the basic tenets of a successful funding methodology

Funding Models for eLearning in Education

Effective funding models to help fund eLearning initiatives within constrained budgets

Garner Funding By Making a Case for E-Learning

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) identified skills to help students work and live in the 21st century

Fundraising Planning for Education Technology

Fundraising planning helps set priorities, diversify fundraising vehicles, and focus your school and staff on priorities 

Funding a BYOD Program

Tips to get low-income children the technology they need to succeed with a BYOD program

Fund Your Own BYOD Program

Set your team straight on the advantages and challenges of BYOD

Parent Contributions

It’s common to reach out to parents for computers their children can use for school or to contribute to an ed-tech program

GAPP (Government Assisted PC Purchase)

A chart providing overviews of various GAPP (Government Assisted PC Purchase) financing methods

Putting Policy into Practice

Ways that eLearning can be funded, among population groups with varying incomes and resources

PC Purchase Programs

With creativity and the right financing sources, PCs can be made affordable for schools and communities

PC Purchasing Programs Success Stories

Successful approaches used to finance GAPP (Government Assisted PC Purchase) programs worldwide

The Broadband Adoption Challenge

New low-cost broadband and computer offerings are available for eligible school lunch children and their families

Transformative Budgeting for Digital Learning

Profiles of schools and districts that have met the challenge of funding a shift to digital learning in innovative ways

Boy with headset on computer
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New Bill Tackles K-12 Cybersecurity Challenges

President Joe Biden has signed into law legislation aimed at helping the federal government better identify K-12 cybersecurity risks and suggest appropriate solutions for school districts to adopt.

Girl at home engaged in remote learning
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Report: At Least 25% of Students in 15 States Lack Home Internet Access

A new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education’s Future Ready Schools initiative reveals some sobering statistics regarding the digital divide.

Steelcase Active Learning Center Grant
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The Steelcase Active Learning Center Grant

Steelcase Education is partnering with educators to rethink classrooms, libraries and in-between spaces to incorporate flexible furniture to support active learning.