On 23 November 2009, President Barack Obama announced the new Educate to Innovate program (full transcript). The program is an initiative to stimulate America's students to develop skills and consider careers in science, engineering, technology, and innovation.
Category: Modernizing Education
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent proposal to adopt so-called e-textbooks for his state's public school system has triggered a flurry of press coverage, as well as new products like the Kindle DX and CourseSmart's iPhone app in the market.
Arnie discussing the imperative to modernize the publishing infrastructure in California's education system by moving to digital textbooks: