New Initiatives Signal Shift in U.S. Ed Tech Leadership - 2 views

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  #1 Bonnie Sutton on 03 Oct 11

   

  http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/09/28/05digital.h31.html?tkn=XSRFsuvC7GROaMXE92c6fwk5iMBhT9XqAM%2Fb&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1
  Submitted: September 26, 2011 - 2:37pm
  Originally published: September 26, 2011
  Last updated: September 26, 2011 - 2:45pm
  Source: Education Week
  Author: Ian Quillen
  Location:
  Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20202, United States
  In what appear to be the latest moves in a shift of emphasis from financing to facilitating education technology, the Department of Education and the Federal Communications Commission this month both have helped launch initiatives that were billed as major breakthroughs but involved the two organizations as agents of collaboration, not primary funders.
  
  FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski attended as Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. officially announced its Internet Essentials program, which will give families of students who receive free school lunches access to broadband Internet service for $9.95 a month, before taxes. The move came in response to the FCC's call for Internet providers to offer cheaper access to disadvantaged and underserved students.
  
  At a Sept. 16 White House briefing, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan launched the Digital Promise center, a congressionally authorized clearinghouse dedicated to identifying, supporting, and publicizing the most effective education technology innovations.
  
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  New Initiatives Signal Shift in U.S. Ed Tech Leadership

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/09/28/05digital.h31.html?tkn=XSRFsuvC7GROaMXE92c6fwk5iMBhT9XqAM%2Fb&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/09/28/05digital.h31.html?tkn=XSRFsuvC7GROaMXE92c6fwk5iMBhT9XqAM%2Fb&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1</a> <br /> Submitted: September 26, 2011 - 2:37pm <br /> Originally published: September 26, 2011 <br /> Last updated: September 26, 2011 - 2:45pm <br /> Source: Education Week <br /> Author: Ian Quillen <br /> Location: <br /> Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20202, United States <br /> In what appear to be the latest moves in a shift of emphasis from financing to facilitating education technology, the Department of Education and the Federal Communications Commission this month both have helped launch initiatives that were billed as major breakthroughs but involved the two organizations as agents of collaboration, not primary funders. <br /> <br /> FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski attended as Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. officially announced its Internet Essentials program, which will give families of students who receive free school lunches access to broadband Internet service for $9.95 a month, before taxes. The move came in response to the FCC's call for Internet providers to offer cheaper access to disadvantaged and underserved students. <br /> <br /> At a Sept. 16 White House briefing, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan launched the Digital Promise center, a congressionally authorized clearinghouse dedicated to identifying, supporting, and publicizing the most effective education technology innovations. <br /> <br /> Links to Sources <br /> <br /> New Initiatives Signal Shift in U.S. Ed Tech Leadership</div>

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