By Juliann Francis, Bloomberg News
The Obama administration will create a national center to advance technologies that may improve teaching and learning in US schools, the White House announced. The Digital Promise is part of Obama’s jobs plan. In a Sept. 8. speech to a joint session of Congress, Obama said part of the initiative involves modernizing 35,000 schools, including installing high-speed Internet connections in classrooms. “Digital Promise is a unique partnership that will bring everyone together — educators, entrepreneurs and researchers — to use technology to help students learn and teachers teach,” Obama said in a statement. “There’s no silver bullet when it comes to education, but technology can be a powerful tool, and Digital Promise will help us make the most of it.”
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