National Education Technology Plan - Baker School District

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educational technology, and led by the drive, imagination and dedication of a reenergized educational community at every level, we may be well on our way to a new golden age in American education. 8
A Nation on the Move Twenty-one years ago, the U.S. Department of Education’s National Commission on Excellence in Education published the landmark report, A Nation at Risk. It warned that “the educational foundations of our society are being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people.” 2 It made the case that students are not being challenged with high quality mathematics and science curricula and many students are not learning the basic skills. A majority of our secondary school students still are not grade-level proficient in reading, mathematics or science. The data for minority students remain alarming. 3 But change is in the air. Clearly, we must innovate for our country to succeed in this time of rapidly increasing global competition. This innovation is occurring. We see dramatic changes taking place in the educational landscape – a new excitement in the vast possibilities of the digital age for changing how we learn, how we teach, and how the various segments of our educational system fit together – a ferment for reform that is bringing changes undreamt of even five years ago and unparalleled in our nation’s history. “The people of the United States need to know that individuals in our society who do not possess the levels of skill, literacy and training essential to this new era will be effectively disenfranchised, not simply from the material rewards that accompany competent performance, but also from the chance to participate fully in our national life.” A Nation at Risk, 1983 1 9
Page 1 and 2: Toward A New Golden Age In American
Page 3 and 4: Toward A New Golden Age In American
Page 5 and 6: The Impact of No Child Left Behind
Page 7 and 8: Teachers and students are transform
Page 9: There has been explosive growth in
Page 13 and 14: Today’s students, of almost any a
Page 15 and 16: No Child Left Behind created new st
Page 17 and 18: Twenty years of national data show
Page 19 and 20: • 49 percent say they may be inte
Page 21 and 22: These are clearly exciting times fo
Page 23 and 24: like that. We should not have to ca
Page 25 and 26: Success Stories from Schools That A
Page 27 and 28: o language learners to compare achi
Page 29 and 30: Founded in 1997, the state-funded i
Page 31 and 32: makes this effort extraordinary is
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Page 37 and 38: courses by mail. But through today
Page 39 and 40: The Impact of No Child Left Behind
Page 41 and 42: A National Education Technology Pla
Page 43 and 44: effective use of technology to enha
Page 45 and 46: • Encourage that broadband is ava
Page 47 and 48: Conclusions • There is no dispute
Page 49 and 50: Appendices A. Joint Federal Activit
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Page 53 and 54: APPENDIX B How This Plan Was Develo
Page 55 and 56: Kendall Starkweather, International
Page 57 and 58: Tom Clark, TA Consulting, Springfie
Page 59 and 60: Garret Sern, EDUCAUSE, Washington,
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Joe Simpson, Council of Chief State
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APPENDIX C Acknowledgements We want
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APPENDIX D Endnotes 1 National Comm
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17 Ibid. See http://www.nces.ed.gov
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43 Ibid. 44 Ibid. 45 See State Educ
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