The TechAmerica Foundation announced key recommendations on
Friday for research initiatives and policies to enhance
education across the nation through technology. The
recommendations came from a report compiled by the
Recommendations for Education and Advancement of Learning (REAL)
Agenda Commission, made up of leaders in science and technology
in government and industry. Their intent is to advance the goals
of Digital Promise, a national center founded to spur
breakthrough technologies that aims to transform the way
teachers teach and students learn. They gathered to present the
report to industry and government executives in a Department of
Education conference room Friday morning. “Our job is not done
with this report,” said Tom Kalil, the Deputy Director for
Policy for the White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy. “We want to show in a couple of years that technology
enabled learning solutions can dramatically improve student
performance … and knock that out of the park.” The report
focuses on