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An ad hoc education technology system is developing that exacerbates existing disparities and cannot assure a high standard of education for all students. Acknowledging the uncomfortable reality that education leaders are behind the curve when it comes to the rapidly evolving trends of education technology, the report urges state policymakers to fill this leadership vacuum and to begin driving technology policies that will effectively maximize achievement for all students.
The estimated $7 billion expended each year on e-learning has resulted in successful "islands of innovation," but that quality varies widely, and like in so many other educational instances, poor and minority students are under-served - if they have any access at all. Despite these daunting challenges, the report proclaims that "new classroom technologies available today have the potential to radically transform education as we know it."
For more information please visit: http://www.nasbe.org/Front_Page/Press_Release.html, visited October 22, 2001.
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