June 2008 — News
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Groups Call on Candidates To Invest in Ed Tech
"The future competitiveness of the United States is inextricably linked to the investments we make today to improve education, enhance learning and provide our students with the skills and knowledge that will afford them the opportunity to succeed among the best and brightest competitors in the world," said Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN. "The presidential candidates have an opportunity to develop solid education platforms focused on achieving this goal, and we urge them to make education technology an integral part of their education policy."
The groups are also launching support for an online petition to make 21st century learning a public priority. The petition is available at the EdTech Action Network Web site here.
"We're no longer in the world of the 1990s, and our schools can't continue as if we were," said Don Knezek, CEO of ISTE. "Today's students and teachers need more than a sprinkling of technology literacy to thrive. They need to learn to leverage 21st Century tools to think critically and creatively, collaborate across cultures and distances, and innovate. We hope the presidential candidates keep these realities in mind as they build their education platforms."
In related news, a new poll released today by Rasmussen Reports indicated that education is on the minds of Americans for this coming election. Education was ranked as "very important" or "somewhat important" by some 87 percent of those surveyed and ranked barely ahead of health care and immigration.
Complete poll results can be found here.
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