Last Friday, I participated in a #GoogleEI Twitter chat hosted by Google for Education. During the chat, Google Certified Educators shared our visions for 2016 for our organizations and then named challenges that stood between us and our visions coming to fruition. Many participants shared vision of increasing technology use by students and teachers and cited funding and administrative support as challenges. Current and future business architecture can help these leaders and others implement their visions.
In California, schools receive funding based on the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) which enables educators, parents, and community members to create a Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) which includes