The U.S. Department of Education released a five-pronged plan to use technology to reform the nation’s schools.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hopes the initiatives, listed below and titled “Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology,” will be achieved by 2015, in step with President Obama’s goal of having the highest college completion rate in the world by 2020.
“Our nation’s schools have yet to unleash technology’s full potential to transform learning,” Duncan said. “We’re at an important transition point. We need to leverage technology’s promise to improve learning.”
The plans five points:
Learning: Change the learning process so it’s more engaging and tailored to students’ needs and interests.
Assessment: Measure student progress on the full range of college and career ready standards and use real time data for continuous improvement.
Teaching: Connect teachers to the tools, resources, experts and peers they need to be highly effective and supported.
Infrastructure: Provide broadband connectivity for all students, everywhere — in schools, throughout communities and in students’ homes.
Productivity: Use technology to help schools become more productive and accelerate student achievement while managing costs.
Assessment: Measure student progress on the full range of college and career ready standards and use real time data for continuous improvement.
Teaching: Connect teachers to the tools, resources, experts and peers they need to be highly effective and supported.
Infrastructure: Provide broadband connectivity for all students, everywhere — in schools, throughout communities and in students’ homes.
Productivity: Use technology to help schools become more productive and accelerate student achievement while managing costs.
