Welcome to the Mission Critical Campaign

 The Mission Critical Campaign:
Advancing Federal Support for K-12 Education Technology 

The Mission Critical Campaign (MCC) is a national campaign to advance technology as mission critical for K-12 education. 
The MCC is focused primarily on continued funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology program (Title II-D)
and continuation of the E-rate program to meet the mission critical educational needs of students, educators and parents.

The Mission Critical Campaign aligns all participating stakeholders to the following themes: 

  • Technology is mission critical to improving educational opportunity, achievement and success for all students throughout their schooling and beyond.

  • Technology is mission critical for our nation's workforce preparedness and competitiveness in the 21st Century global economy.

  • Technology is mission critical to meet the specific goals of NCLB -- data collection and analysis, ongoing assessment, timely and effective instructional interventions, efficient delivery of supplemental educational services, and parental involvement -- as well as other federal programs such as IDEA and Perkins.  

  • Technology is mission critical for increased accountability and systemic school improvement.

  • Technology is mission critical to recruiting, training and retaining highly qualified teachers.

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MCC Hosts Successful Press Conference July 12, 2006

Thank you to all of you who attended the press conference and to all of you who helped garner the 7,000 signatures for the petition equating technology with student success.   The press conference was a huge success, with Senator Lieberman (D-CT), and Representatives McCotter (R-MI) and Kind (D-WI) featured congressional speakers, and educator Nina Hansen from Connecticut and Mary Jane Mielke from Michigan sharing their personal experiences about how technology has transformed learning, increased student achievement, and provided students the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century.  Senator Snowe (R-ME), Senator Ensign (R-NV),  and Representative Granger (R-TX) submitted press statements or quotes as they had a scheduling conflict and could not attend the event. 
This show of congressional support is a testament to the MCC’s perseverance and united voice in support of the EETT program.

The MCC petition was signed by more than 7,000 stakeholders from across the country.  The petition is in the form of a resolution to Congress equating technology and EETT funding in schools with the nation’s
educational success and competitiveness.  In addition to presenting the petition to Members of Congress at the press event, MCC also delivered the petition to many key Representatives and Senators.

See what educators and community leaders in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Texas have
to say in support of technology in the classroom.

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Recent MCC Letters:

  • MCC letter to Chairman Lewis, Chairman Regula and Congressman Obey (June 12, 2006) Regarding FY2007 Education Appropriations for School Technology "education stakeholder organizations recommend to the Committee that the EETT program funding be restored to $496 million."
     
  • MCC letter to Chairman Regula (and other Key Congressional Members) (May 31, 2006) "More than 7,000 educators (teachers, school technology directors, principals and superintendents) and other local citizens from Ohio and across the country signed the petition to Congress over the past several weeks.  The petition is in the form of a resolution to Congress and this "Resolution for Education Success" equates technology in schools with the nation’s competitiveness."
     
  • MCC Letter to Members of the U.S. House Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Subcommittees (May 12, 2006) "... we urge you to fund the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program (NCLB Title II, Part D) at $496 million in the FY07 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill."
     
  • MCC Letter to Memebrs of the U.S. Senate Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Subcommittees (May 12, 2006) "We believe that educational technologies and the EETT program are mission critical to our educational success and national competitiveness, and hope that you will work with us to support the restoration of this vital funding."
     
  • Letters were signed by: Apple, Association of Educational Service Agencies, Consortium for School Networking, Council of Chief State School Officers, Cox Communications, Dell, Discovery Communications, EDUCAUSE, Federation of American Scientists, Florida Virtual School, Hewlett-Packard, Information Technology Association of America, Intel, International Society for Technology in Education, Juniper Networks, Microsoft, National Association of State Boards of Education, National Education Association, National School Boards Association, National Science Teachers Association, North American Council for Online Learning, PBS, SchoolNet, Inc., School Superintendents of Alabama, Software & Information Industry Association, State Educational Technology Directors Association, TechNet, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, United States Conference of Mayors
     
  • Past MCC Letters and Other Resources
     
  • Talking Points/Research and Data Collection
     

 

The Mission Critical Campaign (MCC) is a national campaign to advance technology as mission critical for K-12 education. 
MCC is focused primarily on continued funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology program (Title II-D) and
continuation of the E-rate program to meet the mission critical educational needs of students, educators and parents.  

2006 MCC Co-Chairs:

Hilary Goldmann, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

Mark Schneiderman, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)

All MCC participants are asked to actively contribute, including in Advocacy, Outreach & Engagement and Data Collection & Dissemination