With $5 Billion Fund, Duncan Seeks to Fuel Innovation in Schools
By Maria Glod
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 26, 2009; Page A19
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said yesterday that he will leverage a $5 billion fund to shape school reform, rewarding states that push for classroom innovation with federal stimulus dollars and denying extra aid to those that do not.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says schools and colleges should deliver course content to the cell phones that students use to talk and text every day. Some campus officials are listening, and classes via web-enabled cell phones could be mobile learning's next evolution.