This said that to provide capital for these new parent-run schools, the government was taking £50m from the Harnessing Technology Fund for schools.
So, the question that is worrying many in education is whether the government is making these cuts reluctantly in order to avoid hitting core school budgets or whether it is indifferent, or even hostile, to ICT in education?
Mr Prince takes a similar view. He fears that without government support for ICT it will be like the 1970s when pupils only did science in primary school if their teacher happened to be a science enthusiast.
failed to elicit any clear policy on ICT.
Research from the US Department of Education, concluded that "students who took all or part of their class online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face-to-face instruction".
Professor John Hattie har samlet over 800 metaanalyser av ulike studier av skoleelevers måloppnåelse. Studien er verdens største studie som ser på hvilke faktorer som bidrar til bedre resultater hos elevene.
Studien tar for seg over 80 millioner elever, ser på mer enn 50 tusen mindre studier, og er sannsynligvis en av de største utdanningsstudier noensinne.
rangerer 138 aspekter ved undervisning, og har funnet ut at kontakt og interaksjon mellom lærere og elever er den aller viktigste faktoren.
First, there's a new emphasis on the importance of collaborative learning among members of close-knit teams in schools. School leaders are beginning to believe in the human capacity of their faculties and are structuring opportunities for teachers to reflect on instruction together.
Second, digital tools now help fulfill Elmore's desire for fresh "portals through which new knowledge about teaching and learning can enter schools."
With the investment of a bit of time and effort, I've found a group of writers to follow who expose me to more interesting ideas in one day than I've been exposed to in the past 10 years of costly professional development.