Summary Iowa HF 604 (Open States or Iowa Legislature) appropriates funds for fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 from the General Fund of the State to the Department of Education, along with other departments and commissions, and contains several provisions relating to digital learning. Legislative Analysis HF 604 contains several provisions relating to digital learning issues:…
2013 Digital Learning Report Card Signals Progress in High-Quality Digital Learning Options
WASHINGTON – Digital Learning Now!, a national initiative of the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), today released its 2013 Digital Learning Report Card. The Report Card measures and grades K-12 education policies in each of the nation’s 50 states against the 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning. “It’s encouraging to see the number…
13 Mar 2014
In Plain English: FL SB 1664
Summary SB 1664 (Open States or Florida Legislature) deals with teacher preparation and governance by the State Board of Education (SBOE), expanding the current state-approved teacher preparation program to include a competency-based certification program and links a teachers evaluations to the test scores of the students that they teach. Legislative Analysis In 2011, SB 376…
4 Feb 2014
Learning Takes the Lead in Georgia
“Digital learning has the potential to leverage technology to transform our educational system by providing students, parents, and educators more flexibility over the time, place, path, and pace of learning. In other words, it individualizes each student’s educational experience and shifts the teacher’s role from being the source of information to being a guide alongside…
18 Dec 2013
Digital Learning Now! Statement on Georgia’s Digital Learning Task Force
WASHINGTON – On April 30, 2012, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed an executive order creating a task force to implement digital learning in Georgia’s K-12 schools. Since November 2012, the Digital Learning Task Force has engaged a wide variety of innovators, experts, and educators to develop a framework for using digital learning efforts to improve…
18 Dec 2013
Guest Post: Ohio’s Straight A Fund
GUEST POST: In Ohio’s Straight A Fund Competition, Digital Learning Moves to the Head of the Class By Michael Harlow Note: State activity around digital learning continues to move at a rapid pace. One of the more exciting ideas is Ohio’s Straight A Innovation Fund. We’ve asked a voice on the ground in Ohio to…
6 Nov 2013
Connecting Schools to True Success
There are no silver bullets in education reform. No one solution will help lift schools in America out of the 20th Century, harness the power of technology, erase the achievement gap and ensure that a quality education can be attained by every single child. Like in so many parts of life and politics, meaningful change…
24 Oct 2013
New Digital Learning Now! Ebook Released
Digital Learning Now! (DLN), a national initiative under the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), in association with Getting Smart, has published a new ebook, “Navigating the Digital Shift: Implementation Strategies for Blended and Online Learning.”
10 Oct 2013