Dive Brief:

• School districts in the Twin Cities are struggling to purchase technology for their classrooms.  
• According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota lawmakers have yet to respond to educators' requests for tech funding.  
• Without state help, schools districts have few options. Some are creating technology levies, while others are asking students to bring their own devices to school.  

Dive Insight:

While schools are asking the state for help, the Associated Press reports that state Republicans are saying technology funding should be handled locally. This seems a bit backwards, since many of the Common Core standards and tests encourage technology and it is the state's decision for those standards to be in place.

Stories like Minnesota's tech funding issues are likely to become more commonplace as more states engage with Common Core and other new standards.