Commission’s Assignment: Find Best Uses for Tech in Schools

In response to a challenge from the FCC and the Department of Education, a group of experts has formed the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission to look for the best ways that technology can be used in the classroom. The commission members — Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, TPG Capital’s James Coulter, former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer — will survey current practices and come up with an action blueprint near the end of the year.