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Friday, December 9, 2011

Guest Commentary: NRO Contributor Looks at 'States vs. Digital Learning Revolution'


The work of Lance T. Izumi, the senior director of Education Studies at the Pacific Research Institute and co-author of "Short-Circuited: The Challenges Facing the Online Learning Revolution in California" frequently appear in the Liberating Learning Blog.
Recently, Izumi contributed an article to the National Review Online in which he asserts that state governments and teachers unions are setting up roadblocks to the expansion of digital learning.
"Digital learning is not just the wave of the future; it is the tidal wave of the future. Government and special interests need to get out of the way and let this future in so that parents can exercise their fundamental right to choose the type of education that best meets the individual needs of their children," Izumi writes.
He even quotes Terry M. Moe, co-author of  the book "Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics and the Future of American Education" in the article.
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