Guest Commentary: Sec. of Education Arne Duncan and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on 'A Digital Promise to Our Nation's Children'

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and Reed Hastings, chief executive of Netflix and a former chairman of the California Board of Education, made a digital pledge to the nation's students.
"It is no secret that advances in educational technology have been hailed as breakthroughs in the past, only to disappoint. Too often, the market for educational technology has been inefficient and fragmented. The nation's 14,000 school districts, more than a few of which have byzantine procurement systems, have been inefficient consumers and have failed to drive consistent demand. And a robust R&D base for improving and refining educational technology has been sadly lacking," the pair writes.
"To help remedy those gaps, the Department of Education is launching a unique public-private partnership called 'Digital Promise,' " they add.
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