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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Missouri Education Watchdog: Paper and Ink, Brick and Mortar - Make way for digital delivery

Missouri Education Watchdog: Paper and Ink, Brick and Mortar - Make way for digital delivery:


Paper and Ink, Brick and Mortar - Make way for digital delivery

Last week CEOs from technology companies and text book publishers met with senior officials from the DOEd and FCC to talk about the digital revolution in education.  Also present at the table was the LEAD (Leading Education by Advancing Digital) commission, whose goal is to harness technology as a catalyst to education reform.  The four members of LEAD are:
  • Columbia University President Lee Bollinger- A liberal bastion in higher education
  • Co-Founder of TPG Capital James Coulter- Private equity funds management company because, as Tim