There is a lot of banter about the substance and character of the 105th Congress. Perhaps because it’s led by one party, and that party is typically on the outs with most establishment forces, especially when it comes to education.

But Congress has a unique quality, quite apart from its partisan divide, that seems to have been overlooked by most, if not all, pundits and casual observers — this may be the first Congress whose members have lived an entire generation with technology at the center of their lives. And for education innovators, that means it may be the first Congress to truly understand the importance of digital technologies in the delivery and structure of education.