[Open-education] OER in Washington DC & San Jose, California

Sat Jan 31 21:17:31 UTC 2015

*(1) *Front page of San Jose paper - see attached. (nice catch, TJ!)

   - *More schools are choosing free Web 'open educational resources,'
   closing chapter for textbooks.*

*(2) *Washington DC: Department of Education: *Future Ready District
Pledge: http://futurereadyschools.org/take-the-pledge
<http://futurereadyschools.org/take-the-pledge>*

   - *Providing Access to Quality Digital Content.*

   - * Future Ready districts align, curate, create, and consistently
      improve digital materials and apps used in the support of
learning. Future
      Ready districts use carefully selected high quality digital
content that is
      aligned to college and career ready standards as an essential
part of daily
      teaching and learning. Teachers are able to share, discover, and adapt
      openly-licensed materials and teaching plans.*

Good weekend,

Cable

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