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Federal Funding Update
A Conversation With Charles Blaschke, Education TURNKEY Systems, Inc.

School districts across the country will face budgeting challenges in response to a 1% or more cut in federal education funding for the next school year. For more information, click here.

The State Perspective
Dr. Jennifer House, Ph.D., RedRock Reports

With federal dollars tighter than ever, marketers can look to state-based initiatives for new outlets of available funding. To learn how to identify these opportunities and for two examples of available state funding data, click here.

An Update on Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Education Recovery

The money has started to flow. Click here for an update.

Federally Funded Education Programs 2006

This informative guide highlights those programs presenting the best opportunities to K-12 education marketers.

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Now you can identify schools by the subject--reading and math--in which the overall student population failed to achieve adequate yearly progress (AYP) in the 2004-2005 school year.

MDR will launch this spring a Web-based sales and marketing lead service that tracks state and federal grant opportunities and awards. This service will help customers navigate the maze of funding opportunities available from federal and state government sources as well as private foundations and organizations. School Funding Alert offers the unique advantage of linking the funding leads to MDR’s comprehensive K-12 database of over 100,000 districts and schools with key administrators.

Special Edition – Education Funding

Dear Marketer: Welcome to a special January issue of Successful School Marketer. With a new federal education budget approved a few weeks ago, we thought it would be useful to provide expert insight to help you understand the changes and impact on your sales and marketing plans. So this month, highlights include: A look at the FY2006 federal education budget State-based funding and related marketing strategies An update on supplemental appropriations for Hurricane Education Recovery 2006 Federal funding programs New MDR NCLB selection To be removed from our subscriber list, just follow the instructions at the end of this newsletter.	TABLE OF CONTENTS Education News Upcoming Events NEW From MDR About Us
Education News Federal Funding Update A Conversation With Charles Blaschke, Education TURNKEY Systems, Inc. School districts across the country will face budgeting challenges in response to a 1% or more cut in federal education funding for the next school year. For more information, click here. The State Perspective Dr. Jennifer House, Ph.D., RedRock Reports With federal dollars tighter than ever, marketers can look to state-based initiatives for new outlets of available funding. To learn how to identify these opportunities and for two examples of available state funding data, click here. An Update on Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Education Recovery The money has started to flow. Click here for an update. Federally Funded Education Programs 2006 This informative guide highlights those programs presenting the best opportunities to K-12 education marketers. Back to the Top Upcoming Events FEBRUARY 11-14: ACE 88th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/Events/AnnualMeeting/index.htm 23-26: AASA, San Diego, CA, http://www.aasa.org/nce/index.cfm MARCH 2-5: NSSEA 2006 School Products Expo, Orlando, FL, http://www.schoolproductsexpo.com/, MDR Booth #2312 6-7: CoSN's 11th Annual K-12 School Networking Conference, Arlington, VA, http://www.k12schoolnetworking.org 7-9: National Facility Management Association Expo 2006, Baltimore, MD, http://www.nfmt.com 9-11: CUE, Palm Springs, CA, http://www.cue.org/conference/ 17-19: NASSP 90th Annual Convention & Exposition, Reno-Tahoe, NV, http://www.nasspconvention.org/ 20-22: The Conference on Marketing, Las Vegas, NV, http://http://www.theconferenceonmarketing.com 20-24: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education 2006 International Conference, Orlando, FL, http://site.aace.org/conf/ 22-24: FETC 2006, Orlando, FL, http://www.fetc.org, MDR Booth #848/850 22-24: 21st Annual Computers in Libraries Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC, http://www.infotoday.com/cil2006 31-4/4: NAESP's 85th Annual Convention and Exposition, San Antonio, TX,http://web.naesp.org/conv2006/ APRIL 1-3: ASCD 2006 Annual Conference & Exhibit Show, Chicago, IL, http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.9f45bc8553f12b1abfb3ffdb62108a0c/ 5-8: 2006 CEC Convention & Expo, Salt Lake City, UT, http://www.cec.sped.org/conventions/SaltLake_2006/ 6-9: NSTA National Conference, Anaheim, CA, http://www.nsta.org/conventiondetail&Meeting_Code=2006ANA 8-11: NSBA 66th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, http://www.nsba.org/conference/ 20-22: CAEYC 2006 Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, http://www.caeyc.org/conference.asp 22-25: 2006 AACC Convention, Long Beach, CA, http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/NewsandEvents/AACC_Convention1/Annual_Convention.htm 26-29: NCTM 2006 Annual Meeting and Exposition, St. Louis, MO, http://www.nctm.org/meetings/stlouis/ 30-5/4: IRA's 51st Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, http://www.reading.org/association/meetings/annual.html Back to the Top NEW From MDR NCLB Failing Schools by Subject – An MDR Exclusive! Now you can identify schools by the subject--reading and math--in which the overall student population failed to achieve adequate yearly progress (AYP) in the 2004-2005 school year. For more information, call your MDR Representative at 800-333-8802. School Funding Alert Services – Available March 2006 MDR will launch this spring a Web-based sales and marketing lead service that tracks state and federal grant opportunities and awards. This service will help customers navigate the maze of funding opportunities available from federal and state government sources as well as private foundations and organizations. School Funding Alert offers the unique advantage of linking the funding leads to MDR’s comprehensive K-12 database of over 100,000 districts and schools with key administrators. Read the New Release. Back to the Top About Us Supporting Our Troops Back to the Top 1 Forest Parkway, Shelton, CT 06484 Visit us at www.schooldata.com.


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