National Education Technology Plan 2010 (NETP)

The Department of Education has proposed the National Educational Technology Plan (NETP) to transform what education is today, so that we can attain Obama’s two major goals for education:
• To raise the proportion of college graduates from where it now stands [39%] so that 60% of our population holds a 2-year or 4-year degree.
• To close the achievement gap so that all students – regardless of race, income, or neighborhood – graduate from high school ready to succeed in college and careers.
The NETP is in the drafting stage and is open to comments. I encourage you to read the draft and voice your questions and concerns.
Click here to download the the National Ed Tech Plan PDF. Comments to the draft may also be posted on this site.

Stephen Lien’s comment on ED.gov spoke to me—“Technology is only as smart as the programmer who designs it, and it's only as effective as the teacher who wields it. If a piece of technology is effective at improving instruction and enhancing the classroom setting, it's not the technology we should thank, but rather those that know how to use it.”