Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Jan 26, 2010, 03:39 AM

This year the Department of Education, as provided by their 2010 appropriations legislation, will make available the initial funding required to launch the National Center.   In the words of the Center’s authorizing legislation, “The purpose of the Center shall be to support a comprehensive research and development program to harness the increasing capability of advanced information and digital technologies to improve all levels of learning and education, formal and informal, in order to provide Americans with the knowledge and skills needed to compete in the global economy.”
 

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Aug 28, 2008, 09:59 AM
It actually happened.  The National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies has been signed into law.   Read about it here!   This is pretty incredible.  The indefatigible actists at Digital Promise have been working on this since 1998 or even earlier.  There's

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Aug 01, 2008, 01:50 PM
VICTORY! Digital Promise Passed by Both Houses of Congress

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Feb 08, 2008, 06:54 PM
Digital Promise Legislation Passes the House of Representatives