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Despite the substantial investments states and districts have made in digital textbooks, and claims from proponents that they save schools money, many officials remain skeptical. (Education Week)

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The Innosight Institute has taken the previous six categories it created to differentiate blended learning models and, well, blended them. (Digital Education Blog)

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A delegation from the Consortium for School Networking traveled to visit programs in Argentina and Uruguay. (Digital Education Blog)

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