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SETDA Launches New Website: Building the Capacity of Leaders to Improve Education through Technology

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2014 (Washington, D.C.) – SETDA, the principal membership association of U.S. state and territorial educational technology leaders, today announced the launch of the redesigned SETDA.org, another key step in the implementation of the association’s strategic … Continue reading

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Non-Profit EducationSuperHighway Launches Comprehensive National Effort to Upgrade the Internet Access in America’s Public Schools

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Dec 4, 2013) – EducationSuperHighway, the nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing high speed broadband to the nation’s K-12 public schools, today announced that it is launching a comprehensive national effort to upgrade America’s schools. Mark Zuckerberg’s … Continue reading

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Press Release: Policymakers Should Disregard New School-District Consolidation Report

Contact: William J. Mathis, 802-383-0058, wmathis@sover.net Craig Howley, 740-590-8612, howleycb@gmail.com Jerry Johnson, 904-620-1804, jerry.johnson@unf.edu BOULDER, CO (August 26, 2013) –The Center for American Progress (CAP) recently released a report intended “to spark a conversation” about closing and consolidating small school … Continue reading

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Department of Education Invites Districts to Apply for $120 Million in Race to the Top Funds to Support Classroom-Level Reform Efforts

The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it has finalized the application for the 2013 Race to the Top-District competition, which will provide nearly $120 million to support bold, locally directed improvements in learning and teaching that will directly … Continue reading

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Susan Patrick: With Competency-Based Education, Success Is the Only Option

Education innovators discuss K-12 personalization with Congressional E-Learning Caucus WASHINGTON, July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Leaders in the development of competency-based education shared a vision for and examples of K-12 personalized learning programs on Capitol Hill today at a convening hosted … Continue reading

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President Obama Unveils ConnectED Initiative to Bring America’s Students into Digital Age

WASHINGTON, DC — President Obama today unveiled a bold, new initiative called ConnectED to connect 99 percent of America’s students to the internet through high-speed broadband and high-speed wireless within 5 years, calling on the FCC to modernize and leverage … Continue reading

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