Why are Today’s Young Women Uninterested in Careers in Computer Science?

In an Economix article from the New York Times, Catherine Rampell says the issue is exposure. For many girls (or the younger generation for that matter) there just is not much exposure to STEM type careers outside of what they might see in TV shows or movies. Sure there’s TV shows that display women in forensics lab coats on shows like “NCIS” and “CSI”, which has become a highly popular career aspiration thanks to the Hollywood appeal and exposure. But besides this handful of shows, there is very little representation of computer science or engineering occupations on TV or in movies, and even less representation of female characters in these fields. Hollywood role models have always been an influence over the younger generation in the careers they may choose, but as pointed out in the article there are numerous nonprofit and educational organizations (much like Project Tomorrow) that are trying to remedy this through programs that introduce students to STEM career exploration opportunities.

Here at Project Tomorrow our mission is to ensure that today’s students are well prepared to be tomorrow’s innovators, leaders and engaged citizens of the world. We believe that by supporting the innovative uses of science, math and technology resources in our K-12 schools and communities, students will develop the critical thinking, problem solving and creativity skills needed to compete and thrive in the 21st century. Each year we hold our Leading the Way: Youth Leadership Summit for Math and Science for local High School students in Orange County, CA. This free half-day event includes a student presentation of OC business trends, panel discussions from industry leaders and a diverse group of engineers, tabletop exhibits to introduce students to local STEM career opportunities and college programs, and breakout sessions led by business and education leaders throughout the region. Opportunities like these are just what students need to get exposure to these types of careers!

To learn more about how you, your company or students can get involved with next year's 2014 Leading the Way Youth Leadership Summit please visit our website at: http://www.tomorrow.org/programs/youthLeadershipSummit.html

Click here to read the full article, "Nudging Girls Towards Computer Science" on the Economix blog-New York Times.

Also please be sure to contribute to the national dialog about science, technology & preparing students for the 21st century workforce through Speak Up! This year we are asking students, parents and community members to share the types of college and workplace skills that they think students should be learning in school to be successful in the future, what is needed to acquire those skills as well as student's overall STEM career interest and how they would like to learn about future careers.

To participate in Speak Up go to www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2013, surveys are available to students, educators, parents and community members.

Thanks for reading! And please be sure to tell us your thoughts on this interesting article below in our comment section!

Around the Web Wednesday!

It's Wednesday...

Do you know what that means? It is Around the Web Wednesday!

Browse all the links below for the latest news and topics trending in education. Be sure to let us know which article intrigued you the most!

Be sure to check back each week for our Around the Web Wednesday Series

Have you registered for Speak Up 2013? Surveys are open through Dec. 20th! Make sure to take the survey so your voice can be heard! Surveys open to students, parents, educators and community members!

Enjoy your day.

-The Project Tomorrow team

K12 Inc. Honors Six School Districts for Innovative Use of Online Learning -Press Release
The Slow Gamification of K-12 Classrooms- EDweek

Why education should embrace games - Center for Digital Education
5 Tips for Explaining Common Core to Parents - Education Channel Partner
Why the Common Core changes math instruction -Phi Delta Kappan
MOOCs for AP - T|H|E Journal
The NHSTE Weekly - NHSTE weekly
The Global Search For Education: Got Tech? United States- Huffington Post
Nudging Girls Toward Computer Science - Enconomix, New York Times
In The Best Interest Of Students: Blended Learning In Newark Charter Schools -Forbes
New Milestone Emerges: Baby’s First iPhone App- New York Times 



Leading the Way 4th Annual Youth Leadership Summit for Math & Science

2013 Summit At-A-Glance

200

Student & Parent Participants

37

High Schools

21

Career Professionals

8

Local Colleges

14

STEM Fields

Engineering, Gaming Technology, Zoology, Entertainment, Surgery, Energy, Transportation, Nursing, STEM Teaching, Law, Financial Literacy, Accounting, Earth & Environmental Sciences Studies, Nonprofit Management

23

Raffle Prizes

20

Hard-Working Volunteers

On October 19th, 2013, Project Tomorrow held its fourth annual Leading the Way: Youth Leadership Summit for Math and Science, at Edwards Lifesciences Worldwide Headquarters in Irvine, California. With over 200 students, parents, and community leaders in attendance, the event provided an opportunity for students to explore careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields and to learn about how math and science proficiency is increasingly a critical skill for current and future jobs.

This conference-style event kicked off with a student presentation of OC business trends, followed by a panel discussion from industry leaders. Students then attended career-specific breakout sessions of their choice led by local business and education leaders, a panel discussion featuring a diverse group of engineers, and tabletop exhibits introducing attendees to local STEM college programs. This free, half-day event included continental breakfast and a networking lunch and concluded with a student raffle featuring gifts from local businesses.

 Project Tomorrow would like to extend a very special thank you to all of our guest speakers, volunteers, local colleges, sponsors, and partners for their time and generous contributions, without which this influential event would not be possible.

Testimonials

• Future Molecular Biologist, Senior, Trabuco Hills High School (Mission Viejo)

“It was interesting to talk to experts in their fields and gain information about skills needed from employers."

• Future Pharmacist, Junior, Saddleback High School (Santa Ana)

“I think that this Summit was definitely beneficial. I loved getting the opportunity to network with like-minded people in the career of my choice."

• Future Environmental Scientist, Junior, Santa Ana High School (Santa Ana)

“This event was fun, interactive, and gave insightful information about colleges and careers.“

• Future Computer Engineer, Sophomore, Aliso Niguel High School (Aliso Viejo)

“I thought today’s experience was really cool because I learned that I definitely want to be an engineer.”

• Undecided, Freshman, Edison High School (Huntington Beach)

“I was really happy with the experience and it really opened up my mind to new ideas and careers I may want to consider.”

• Future Mathematics Teacher, Senior, Brea Olinda High School (Brea)

“The Youth Leadership Summit was very interesting, and was a great experience. Thank you to all the sponsors.“

Summit Moderator

Julie Evans

CEO, Project Tomorrow

“…Our most successful Summit yet! This premier STEM event allowed students to understand the depth and breadth of the types of jobs and careers that depend upon math and science…preparing them to be tomorrow’s leaders and innovators.”

Thanks to our 2013 Summit sponsors…

…and contributors…

Adventure City

Angel’s Baseball

Aquarium of the Pacific

Bagels & Brew, Inc.

BCU (servicing Edwards Lifesciences)

Bowers Museum

Discovery Science Center

In-N-Out Burger

Knott’s Berry Farm

Luna Grill

Microsoft

Oakley

Princeton Review

San Diego Zoo Global

Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park

Stonefire Grill

To learn more about how to get involved with next year's 2014 Leading the Way Youth Leadership Summit please visit our website at: http://www.tomorrow.org/programs/youthLeadershipSummit.html

Also please be sure to contribute to the national dialog about science, technology & preparing students for the 21st century workforce through Speak Up! This year we are asking students, parents and community members to share the types of college and workplace skills that they think students should be learning in school to be sucessful in the future, what is needed to acuire those skills as well as student's overall STEM career interest. 

To participate in Speak Up go to www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2013, surveys are available to students, educators, parents and community members.  

Thanks for reading!

-The Project Tomorrow Team

Are you attending the iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium?

Happy Monday! We hope you had a relaxing and fun filled weekend!

This week Project Tomorrow’s CEO, Julie Evans will be presenting at the iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium in Orlando, Florida! If you are attending the  iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium , please be sure to stop by and see Julie at one of the following sessions:

*Online Learning Experiences and Edpections of Tomorrow's Teachers: New Research from Speak Up

*Blended, Flipping and Personalized: How Online Learning is Transforming Teacher Practice

*The Digital Classroom of Tomorrow

 

Online Learning Experiences and Expectations of Tomorrow's Teachers: New Research from Speak Up

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM, October 28 2013

Asia 5

track:   Research & Evaluation

Tomorrow's teachers may have the keys to finally unlock the potential of online learning tools and strategies to transform teaching and learning, but much depends upon their experiences in their preparation program and how well future school leadership can support their expectations for essential technology tools and resources. In this session, we will review new Speak Up findings on this topic and discuss the research with a panel of teacher educators and school principals.

Click here to learn more and sign up for the session!

Blending, Flipping and Personalized: How Online Learning is Transforming Teacher Practice

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM, October 29 2013

Southern Hemisphere II

track:   Research & Evaluation

Online learning debates primarily focus on student outcomes. However, the real impact of leveraging online learning tools should be about changing teacher practice. The 2012 Speak Up National Research Project polled 56,000 teachers nationwide on the impact of online learning on their practice as well as student outcomes. In this session, we will review new findings around blended, flipped, and personalized learning and learn from a teacher panel about their experiences and expectations.

Panelists:

·         Dr. R. Mark Beadle, CEO and Head of School, Sevenstar

·         Renee Citlau, National Online Teacher of the Year and from Anaheim Union High School District (CA)

·         William Lange, Blended Learning Coordinator with Maricopa Unified School District (AZ)

Click here to learn more and sign up for the session!

The Digital Classroom of Tomorrow

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM, October 30 2013

Southern Hemisphere III

track:   Blended Learning Programs

One of the most challenging issues facing administrators, teachers and parents today is keeping up with the digital tools available for learning. This panel discussion will focus on the key findings on maximizing student learning from the 2012 survey conducted by the Speak Up National Research Project. Specifically, the panel member discussion, which will consist of teacher (s) and administrator (s), will comment on the results from the survey.

Click here to learn more and sign up for the session!

Please be sure to check our website next week at: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_presentations.html for copies of the powerpoint presentations!

Have you participated in Speak up?! Please share your experiences below! And remember to share the Speak Up surveys with your network of friends and family- every voice counts!

Take the survey today at: www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2013

--The Project Tomorrow Team

Congratulations to our 2013 Speak Up Heroes!

Hello to all of our Project Tomorrow supporters and Happy Friday! We hope the month of October has treated you all well. Exciting events are on the horizon here at Project Tomorrow. In this blog post, you will find information regarding... Our Speak Up Heroes This Year's Speak Up 200 Cohort The Launch of Speak Up 2013 Happy Reading! Feel free to share your thoughts with us on Facebook, Twitter, as well as comment below! -The Project Tomorrow team

Speak Up Hero Awards 10 years of Speak Up Surveys 2003-2013 These special recognitions applaud the extraordinary support for Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up surveys provided by a few companies and organizations over the past 10 years. The awards were announced at the Celebration of 10 Years of Student Voices about Digital Learning event at Haworth Inc. in Washington, D.C. on September 19th, 2013. The following organizations were honored as Speak Up Heroes: US Department of Education's Office of Technology State Education Technology Director's Association (SETDA) Blackboard Inc. SMART Technologies The Jon Bernstein Strategy Group To learn more about these organizations, and how they have been strong advocates and supporters of Speak Up and Project Tomorrow over the years, please visit our special Speak Up Heroes page:http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/SU_heroes_2013.html. We will also be doing a follow up feature next week! So make sure to check back! Congratulations to our 2013 Speak Up Heroes!

Speak Up 200 Schools—based on 2012 Participation For full list of schools please click here. With Speak Up 2013 in full swing, we wanted to take this time to thank our past Speak Up participants! We greatly appreciate all the support and encouragement that went in to making Speak Up 2012 such a success, without you Speak Up would not be possible! To honor top participating schools and districts, each year Project Tomorrow nominates the top 200 Speak Up schools for our Speak Up 200 recognition program based on total student participation, length of time involved with Speak Up, and use of data in local decision making. The schools selected for Speak Up 200 represent a broad range of educational institutions in rural, suburban and urban communities. The complete list of Speak Up 200 recognized schools are highlighted on the Project Tomorrow website at http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_200.html. To read more about this year's Speak Up 200 schools, please check out the Press Release. Based upon total participation and demonstrated commitment to engaging their stakeholders in local decisions on education issues, five school districts were also recognized for special distinctions.  Top 5 Speak Up 2012 school districts (based on total participation): Klein ISD (Texas) Shelby County School District (Alabama) Weslaco ISD (Texas) McAllen ISD (Texas) Richardson ISD (Texas) Additionally this year, all of our Speak Up 200 schools will have the opportunity to download a special Gold, Silver, or Bronze badge to place on websites, social media outlets, e-mails, blogs, and more. To download your unique badge, click here.

Congratulations to our Speak Up 200 Schools!

Speak Up 2013 is open for input now through December 20th! Click here to take the survey today! Join the conversation about the use of technology for learning through Speak Up, a National Research Project. The online survey is open to students, educators, parents and new this year community members. It's quick and easy to get involved! To take the survey follow the instructions below: Go to www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2013 Select the appropriate survey (Click here for tips on deciding which survey to take) Select your state Enter your school name, if a member of the community please select a local school or enter in your zip code to select a school to take the survey under. Complete the survey before Dec. 20th! Please be sure to share with your network of friends and family! *Students will be required to enter in the secret word to access the survey. Register as the primary contact of your school or district (at the link above) to manage your information and assign a student survey password to ensure confidentiality-- all students will need to enter in the secret word to take the survey. As the primary contact for your district, school or organization you will be in charge of the promotion and encouragement of the survey at your selected organizational level. In return, you will receive free, online access to your aggregated results with state and national comparisons in February 2014. Our helpful and handy promotional materials are here to help you spread the word about Speak Up to your school/district's students, parents, teachers, administrators, community partners, and more! View our full list here. Follow Speak Up on Facebook, Twitter and Blog for all the latest updates on Speak Up Surveys. Together, let's work together to leverage technology to promote better learning for our students nation wide!

Thank you for reading. Don't forget to Speak Up now through December 20th! Questions? Contact us at speakup@tomorrow.org

Throwback Thursday - Breakdown of Speak Up 2012 Reports and whitepapers

Happy Thursday!

Speak Up 2013 is off and running! So far we've had over 25,000 surveys taken- a great start to the survey period! For this throwback Thursday we would like to share all the reports and whitepapers we've release this year. All Speak Up reports are available online and can be downloaded at:  http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_reports.html.  

From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Digital Conversion of the K-12 Classroom

From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Digital Conversion of the K-12 Classroom is the first in a two part series to document the key national findings from Speak Up 2012. For the past few years, Project Tomorrow has used the Speak Up survey to diligently document the growth in educators’ access to emerging technology devices, tools and services, and how that increased familiarity has resulted in greater interest in digital learning. The Speak Up survey data has also highlighted the growing expectations of parents each year for interactive and collaborative digital learning environments that they believe are essential for preparing their child to compete in the global information society. And, we have shared information and research over several years about the widespread national interest in enhanced college and career readiness for all K-12 students. Given all of those positive conditions, why is there so much new fervor around digital conversions today? What makes today’s education landscape different than last year, the year before or five years ago? What is different?

“From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Digital Conversion of the K-12 Classroom” takes an in-depth look at the transformative factors that are driving this new digital conversion momentum and the new capacities to build toward to support the process.
Click here to download the PDF of the report.

From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Emergence of the K-12 Digital Learner

From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Emergence of the K-12 Digital Learner is the second in a two part series to document the key national findings from Speak Up 2012.  In 2003, The Speak Up National Research Project was born to give K-12 students a voice in critical conversations, and to hopefully provide their parents, teachers and administrators with new insights about the expectations and aspirations of these newly minted digital learners. Now in its tenth year, the annual Speak Up National Research Project and the resulting trends analysis provides a birds’ eye view of the changing environment for digital learning, both in and out of school. 

Click here to download the PDF of the report.

“2013 Trends In Online Learning Virtual, Blended And Flipped Classrooms”

2013 Trends in Online Learning Virtual, Blended and Flipped Classrooms highlights the latest Speak Up data with a particular focus on the role that online learning strategies can play within school and district digital conversions. With the impending implementation of the Common Core State Standards and other new standards, the timing is right to tap into the insights of key education stakeholders to explore both the benefits of online learning as well as how to leverage these tools and resources effectively to transform the learning experience.

Since 2007, Project Tomorrow has partnered with Blackboard Inc. to create a series of annual reports that focus on the year to year trends in the use of online learning to change the classroom learning paradigm through an in-depth analysis of the latest Speak Up national findings. In this latest update report, we examine the trends using an inside-out perspective on the classroom and the use of a variety of online learning strategies with students. In particular, we focus this year on the insights and experiences of four key stakeholders: administrators who have implemented online courses within their schools and districts, online learning teachers in virtual, blended or flipped classrooms, parents with personal online learning experiences, and the students who continue to be enamored with the potential of online learning to transform their educational experience.

Click here to download the PDF of the report.

Learning in the 21st Century: Digital Experiences and Expectations of Tomorrow’s Teachers

Project Tomorrow®, the national education nonprofit organization that annually facilitates the Speak Up National Research Project, conducted a special Speak Up survey in Spring 2012 for college students in teacher preparation programs.

Since 2007, Project Tomorrow has collaborated with Blackboard Inc. to create a series of annual reports that focus on key trends in the use of technology to increase student achievement, teacher productivity and parental engagement. This new report, “Learning in the 21st Century: Digital Experiences and Expectations of Tomorrow’s Teachers,” is the latest in the series and provides new insights that will inform college and university based teacher preparation programs as well as the induction and professional development processes within K-12 schools and districts. Tomorrow’s teachers may have the keys to finally unlock the potential of technology to transform teaching and learning, but much depends upon their experiences in their preparation program and how well future school leadership can support their expectations for essential technology tools and resources.

Click here to download the PDF of thereport.

“Leveraging Intelligent Adaptive Learning to Personalize Education”

Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ is a new class of education technology that personalizes learning. It captures every decision a student makes and adjusts the student’s learning path both within lessons and between lessons, thereby providing millions of individualized learning paths, each tailored to the student’s unique needs in real time.

Click here to download the PDF of thereport.

If you think this data is interesting and would like to gain a better understanding about your stakeholders' perspectives about the use of technology for learning, participate in Speak Up 2013. Speak Up is now open for input and will run through December 20th.

Speak Up Surveys are free, and schools and districts can receive access to their school and/or district's data in February 2014.

To take the survey, visit http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2013,students will be required to enter in a survey password. Register as the primary contact of your school or district (at the link above) to manage your information, assign a student survey password to ensure confidentiality (all students will need to enter in the secret word to take the survey) and select an administrative password that will be used to access your local participant data beginning February 5, 2014. The data will be released on 2/5/14 in celebration of Digital Learning Day!

To learn more about signing up as the Primary Contact of your school(s) please click here.

Our helpful and handy promotional materials can assist you in spreading the word about Speak Up to your students, parents, teachers, administrators, and more! View our full list here.

Questions about Speak Up? E-mail us at SpeakUp@tomorrow.org.

Join the Speak Up conversation on Twitter! #SpeakUp2013 & @speakuped

Have a wonderful day.

- The Project Tomorrow team 

New Speak Up White Paper

We are excited to announce the release of the new Speak Up White paper:

This new Speak Up white paper, analyzes findings on the experiences, insights, and desires of World Language educators in the United States and their use of technology, and is based on responses from over 56,000 K-12 teachers participating in the 2012 Speak Up survey. World Language teachers currently use technology at higher rates than the national teaching population to improve their personal productivity and effectiveness, personalize learning based on student need, and maximize student achievement in language acquisition courses for 21^st century learners. The paper, a collaborative effort between Rosetta Stone Education and Project Tomorrow, also explores policy and infrastructure constraints that limit full technology integration in schools.

Key findings from this special analysis are

• World Language teachers are currently using technology at higher rates than the national teaching population.

• World Language teachers are using technology to improve their personal productivity and effectiveness.

• World Language teachers are using technology to personalize learning based on student need

• Policy and infrastructure constraints continue to limit full technology integration in schools.

• World Language teachers believe that technology has a fundamental role in maximizing student achievement in language acquisition courses for 21^st century learners.

Click here to download a copy of the report from the Rosetta Stone Education’s website.

If you think this data is interesting and would like to gain a better understanding about your stakeholders' perspectives about the use of technology for learning, participate in Speak Up 2013. Speak Up is now open for input and will run through December 20th.

Speak Up Surveys are free, and schools and districts can receive access to their school and/or district's data in February 2014.

To take the survey, visit http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2013, students will be required to enter in a survey password. Register as the primary contact of your school or district (at the link above) to manage your information, assign a student survey password to ensure confidentiality (all students will need to enter in the secret word to take the survey) and select an administrative password that will be used to access your local participant data beginning February 5, 2014. The data will be released on 2/5/14 in celebration of Digital Learning Day!


To learn more about signing up as the Primary Contact of your school(s) please click here.


Our helpful and handy promotional materials can assist you in spreading the word about Speak Up to your students, parents, teachers, administrators, and more! View our full list here.


Questions about Speak Up? E-mail us at SpeakUp@tomorrow.org.


Join the Speak Up conversation on Twitter! #SpeakUp2013 & @speakuped


Have a wonderful day.


- The Project Tomorrow team 

National Technology Survey of Students, Educators and Parents Open Through December 20th

Speak Up 2013 Asks about Technology Use in and Out of School, How Parents are Learning about Common Core State Standards and Bandwidth Capacity for Digital Content

Online Survey: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/

Irvine, Calif. – This year’s Speak Up annual surveys continue to pave new ground in education technology research by polling K-12 students, educators and parents about the use of mobile devices, online classes, games and digital content within learning.  As more students have their own smartphones, tablets and laptops, this year’s Speak Up 2013 surveys will ask school districts and teachers about the growing trend of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies.  Additionally, in light of President Obama’s ConnectED initiative, Speak Up is also asking educators this year about their school’s bandwidth capacity to better understand if schools have enough Internet access to support the use of high quality digital content such as videos and animations within classroom instruction. 

For the first time, Project Tomorrow, the national organization that facilitates the annual Speak Up surveys, will also provide a special online survey for community members.  Local employers, after school providers, school board members and homeowners without children in the local schools can now provide their views on the role of technology in preparing students for the jobs and careers of the 21st century.   This new set of data will provide valuable insights for schools and districts as well as state and federal policymakers on the importance of digital tools and resources for college and career readiness.   Additionally, both parents and community members will also be asked about their awareness of the new Common Core State Standards, and the sources, both digital and non-digital, of their information about the new standards. 

With the upcoming implementations of these new curriculum standards and associated online assessments, students’ writing abilities are more important than ever.  Correspondingly, the new Speak Up surveys also ask parents, teachers and administrators to comment on the impact of technology on students’ writing abilities.  

After more than a decade and 3 million participants, Speak Up continues to be the only annual, national survey to ask students, educators and parents how they use of  – and how they would like to use – technology for learning.  Again this year, the online surveys ask students, parents and educators to envision their ultimate 21st century school and to identify the technology tools that would be essential to support increased student achievement and learning. 

“The plethora of digital tools and resources available to educators today, from tablets to digital books, makes it challenging for school leaders to know how to make the right decisions and sound investments,” noted Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow.  “Speak Up provides an easy and no-cost way for these leaders to gain valuable input from the key stakeholders in education – the students, their parents, teachers, administrators and now, even community members - to support new technology plans, policies  and decisions.”    

The national online Speak Up 2013 survey is open now until December 20th.

The Speak Up online surveys will be completed by more than 400,000 K-12 students, educators and parents around the country. The results provide important insights about education, technology and student aspirations that are used every year by individual schools, districts, state departments of education and national leaders.

The Speak Up National Research Project represents the largest collection of authentic, unfiltered input on education and technology from those ‘on the ground’ in the schools.  The annual survey about education and technology is facilitated through public, private, parochial and charter schools all around the country.

Project Tomorrow will share the national data findings from the survey in the spring with federal, state and local policymakers.  Additionally, every school or district that participates in Speak Up receives a free online report with all of their locally collected data – and the national data findings to use for benchmark comparison. All participating education entities will gain access to their own stakeholder data in February 2014. 

Individual participation and responses provided in the Speak Up surveys are completely confidential and completing the online surveys takes only 20 minutes.  Speak Up is open to every public and private school and district in the United States, American schools on military bases and other interested schools worldwide.

Since 2003, more than 3 million K-12 students, educators and parents from more than 30,000 schools in all 50 states have participated in Speak Up. The online survey is facilitated by Project Tomorrow and supported by many of our nation’s most innovative companies, foundations and nonprofit organizations including Blackboard, Inc., BrainPOP, DreamBox Learning,  K12, Inc., Rosetta Stone, Schoolwires and SMART Technologies.

Project Tomorrow partners with more than 75 different education associations, organizations and think-tanks for outreach to the schools and development of the survey questions including the American Association of School Administrators, Consortium for School Networking, Digital Learning Day, Digital Promise, edWeb.net,  iNACOL, International Society for Technology in Education, National School Boards Association, National Secondary School Principals Association, Southern Regional Education Board and State Education Technology Directors’ Association.

Past Speak Up national reports are available at www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_reports.html.

For additional information, visit www.tomorrow.org.