The Indiana Department of Education is challenging teachers to instruct their students digitally...Governor Mitch Daniels has proclaimed Wednesday as Digital Learning Day in Indiana in conjunction with observances in more than 30 other states.

The New York Times hass been covering technology's role in education since the paper first began publishing...Meanwhile, to further celebrate the day, we'll be enthusiastically lending our voice to the call to the originators, the Alliance for Excellent Education, and our partners The National Writing Project, Figment and Edutopia to encourage everyone, regardless of previous experience, to explore learning with digital technology...

As the Class of 2012 prepares to graduate in June, there are many students who either won't finish high school or don't have the resources to be successful in post secondary education...According to a study by the Alliance for Excellent Education, there were 6,900 dropouts in the Class of 2010 in the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton area.

The Michigan Department of Education, in partnership with the Alliance for Excellent Education, Monday announced its participation as a state host in the first-ever Digital Learning Day campaign and kick off to Michigan’s “Year of the Digital Learner.”

The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools will mark the nation's first Digital Learning Day on February 1 with the launch of a digital learning strategy in its affiliated schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District...

Many of you have no doubt already informed yourself about your state's plans ahead of Wednesday's inaugural Digital Learning Day, an observance launched by the Alliance for Excellent Education, one of two education advocacy groups behind the Digital Learning Now initiative.

Many of you have no doubt already informed yourself about your state's plans ahead of Wednesday's inaugural Digital Learning Day, an observance launched by the Alliance for Excellent Education, one of two education advocacy groups behind the Digital Learning Now initiative.

Nationwide, a number of schools, teachers and students will have something to celebrate Wednesday. The use of technology and digital media in addition to innovative teaching has inspired the Alliance for Excellent Education to launch its first Digital Learning Day.

Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, who now serves as president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization, takes on the challenge of how high schools need to change in order to prepare their students for the realities of the global economic workplace.

Changes to the General Educational Development (GED) test in 2014 will put a greater focus on helping those without high school diplomas enter college or other post-secondary education programs...An April report by the Alliance for Excellent Education found that if half of the class of 2010's 1.3 million high school dropouts had graduated, America would have gained some $7.3 billion in annual potential earnings.