Some Education On Education
When it comes to the 2005 budget proposal, education and training programs fared not all that great. For a diatribe on just what's cut The Institute for America's Future has a few very opinionated opinions.
But all's not lost on the technology training and education front, to hear Martin Bean, a top certification and training expert, tell it. Bean, who is COO of New Horizons Computer Learning Centers , chatted with me on Monday about the changes and said the good news is that states apparently will have more autonomy to disperse funds. However, that autonomy comes with higher accountability.
By the way, here's the take on the budget from CompTIA's public policy group.
And, here's a related thought to ponder in case you're wondering just where else to apply training resources: Got a release from an outfit called NoteFix, which bills itself as a leader in laptop repair that can be found here . The company reports that the "most commonly repaired notebook" brands are from Toshiba, Sony and Hewlett-Packard. The good news is that title holder of this dubious honor, Toshiba, is also the easiest one to fix because of its internal configuration, according to NoteFix. IBM ThinkPads were the least commonly repaired notebooks out of the seven brands that the company handles regularly.