A step forward on the digital promise

Here is some good news from a story in today's New York Times - Congress Finances Program to Use Technology in Education:

National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies, finally has Congressional appropriation through the Education Department and will be introduced Monday. It could be handing out grants by fall.

I have long been a support of this program (see earlier posting). The program holds out the possibility of transforming education -- not simply by introducing more computers but using the power of the digital technology to tailor learning to individual needs.

Interestingly, it took someone with the title of "assistant deputy secretary for innovation and improvement" to finally push the program through.