Summary Louisiana HB 1 (Open States or Louisiana Legislature) is the state’s budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2013-14. This bill protected the Louisiana Course Choice program by finding alternative means of funding the program after the Supreme Court ruled the original funding method was unconstitutional. It invests an additional $69 million in K-12 education,…
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 Recap: 2013 National Summit on Education Reform
Mistletoe and George Bailey may make this the most wonderful time of the year, but for Digital Learning Now! and the rest of the Foundation for Excellence in Education team, this has been the season for conferences, travel and exciting organizational developments. Last week, we announced that DLN would be growing, adding staff and developing…
3 Dec 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
Digital Learning Leaders Collaborate at National Education Summit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2013 . Contact: Press Office 850-391-4090 PressShop@ExcelinEd.org BOSTON–The Foundation for Excellence in Education today hosted two panels on digital learning at its National Summit on Education Reform, bringing together state and education leaders to discuss how technology can help equip students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in this…
17 Oct 2013
Leaders in Digital Learning Collaborate at Roundtable Prior to ExcelinEd’s National Summit
Boston, MA – Digital Learning Now! (DLN), a national initiative of the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), and Getting Smart today brought together education and technology experts, business leaders and senior policymakers to discuss the advancement of digital learning to better support students and teachers. There is growing momentum among private and public sector…
16 Oct 2013
In Plain English: WI AB 40
Summary AB 40 (Open States or Wisconsin Legislature) establishes the two-year state budget, investing an additional $380 million in new state dollars will be invested in public education, expanding course access options in the state, offering new digital resources for students, parents and teachers as well as protecting digital learning from over-regulation. Legislative Analysis Since…
30 Aug 2013
In Plain English: TX HB 1926
Companion Bill: SB 1298 by Senator Hegar Summary HB 1926 (Open States or Texas Legislature) enacts an online course access program for Texas, heavily utilizing the state virtual school network, which will act as a marketplace for high-quality online courses that have gone through an approval process. It expands student eligibility from only high school…
27 Aug 2013