Highly successful, innovative small charter schools such as High Tech High, Apple Tree and KIPP Academies have proven that kids can learn essential literacy skills starting in early childhood with a personalized curriculum, integrated technology, and skillful teachers. Each state should establish at least one digital partnership Pre-K through third grade school as a model demonstration site. These schools should be laboratories for testing many different digital approaches to learning and assessment, as well as for testing different ways to break down the barriers in and out-of-school learning. They could become a hub for the professional development of digitally savvy teachers.
Michael Robb on 07 Nov 11The Curriculum Toolkit is an innovative online resource for higher education faculty in the fields of early childhood education, psychology, and children's media. The Toolkit features content designed to enhance classroom instruction by providing instructors with a wealth of archived video and instructional material from the Fred Rogers Archive. The Toolkit continues to grow as more faculty add their expertise to this growing knowledge base.
