By John Bailey March 20, 2013 Fred Wilson has a thoughtful post over at AVC on why they spend so much time on “policy stuff.” His response, The short answer is that Brad, who I founded USV with a decade ago, has felt from day one that policy and governance will be as important as…
Federal Funds for School Technology
By John Bailey
March 16, 2013
There is an emerging gap between the technology infrastructure in schools and what is needed to support next generation models of learning and also meet the requirements of the upcoming PARCC/SBAC tests. A recent survey revealed that more than 58% of Missouri school districts do not have the technology needed to administer the new assessments.
18 Mar 2013
DLN State Report 3.15.2013
Arkansas Bill: HB 1785 Status: 03/07/2013 – House — Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE Relevant Elements: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10 Arkansas HB 1785, sponsored by Rep. Dan Douglas, R-Bentonville, was introduced on March 7 and referred to the House…
16 Mar 2013
Digital Learning Now! State Report
Illinois Bill: HB 3307 Status: 02/26/2013 – House Referred to Rules Committee Relevant Elements: 1, 2, 5, 6 Sponsored by Rep. Joe Sosnowski, R-Rockford, was introduced on February 26 and referred to the Rules Committee. This bill would create the K-12 state virtual school and begin offering courses in the summer 2014 term. It would:…
12 Mar 2013
6th Davos Philanthropic Roundtable “RevolutiOnline.edu – Online Education Changing the World”
Speakers discussed startegies that philanthropists are using to expand online education and accelerate access to high level education. The panel consisted of: Thomas Friedman, Foreign Affairs columnist, The New York Times (moderator) Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Rafael Reif, President, MIT Larry Summers, President Emeritus, Harvard University Daphne Koller, Co-Founder and Co-CEO,…
21 Feb 2013
Maine’s Multi-State Learning Technology Initiative
Maine’s pioneering work in leading a multi-state procurement for devices just announced conditional contract awards to: Bidder Student Device Teacher Device Tier 1 Annual Per Seat Price Tier 2 Annual Per Seat Price Tier 3 Annual Per Seat Price Network Annual Per Seat Price Apple, Inc. (Primary Proposal) of…
21 Feb 2013
FCC and HUD Partner with Connect2Compete
In an effort to close the broadband gap, the FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan will work with Connect2Compete (C2C), a national initiative to expand access to technology. HUD will join C2C’s Digital Literacy Coalition as a digital literacy outreach partner and C2C and Best Buy’s Geek Squad will work together to…
21 Feb 2013
Raising the Bar: How Education Innovation Can Improve Student Achievement
Yesterday I had the privilege of testifying before the U.S House Education and Workforce’s Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. It provided an opportunity to discuss innovation in education including the regulatory barriers holding back new models such as online learning, blended learning, and competency-based learning. The other witnesses were outstanding: Jim Shelton,…
15 Feb 2013