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Secretary Duncan

Clipped from:Secretary Arne Duncan on Education Reform
Oct 2, 2012

Secretary Duncan saying textbooks should become obsolete.

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00:00:00 AUDIENCE, THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL IS AGGRESSIVELY PURCHASING TECHNOLOGY.
00:00:05 IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES LEARNING?
00:00:10 >> I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS ON BOARDS.
00:00:13 I DO THINK THE IDEA OF HAVING OUR CHILDREN AND OUR TEACHERS HAVING ACCESS TO GREAT TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHANCE TO LEARN AND PURSUE SKILLS AND PASSIONS 24/7, ANY TIME, ANYWHERE, ANY PLACE RATHER THAN JUST A CHANCE TO LEARN SIX HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, NINE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.
00:00:30 I THINK THIS IS A GAME CHANGER, A HUGE PIECE OF OUR EQUITY AGENDA.
00:00:34 WHETHER IT'S INNER CITY URBAN, RURAL, REMOTE, NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATIONS.
00:00:39 HAVING THOSE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN.
00:00:42 I THINK HUGELY IMPORTANT.
00:00:43 THE WORLD IS CHANGING.
00:00:45 IT IS ANOTHER BIG AREA WHERE AS A COUNTRY WE ARE GOING TO LEAD OR BE A LAGGER.
00:00:49 I THINK WE SHOULD BE MOVING FROM PRINT TO DIGITAL AS FAST AS WE CAN.
00:00:54 TEXTBOOKS SHOULD BE OBSOLETE.
00:00:55 OTHER COUNTRIES ARE MOVING AGGRESSIVELY THIS WAY.
00:00:58 A SMALL NUMBER OF DISTRICTS.
00:01:02 I SITE MOORSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, DOING A GOOD JOB IN
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