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Education & Workforce Development

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SIIA supports a comprehensive, life-long learning strategy to prepare our citizenry with the knowledge and skills necessary for 21st Century success. Public policies should support: (1) integration of technology into education and training to provide anytime, anywhere and individualized learning; and (2) education and training in computing, mathematics, engineering and the sciences to meet our high-tech workforce needs.

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Government Regulations & Policy Reform
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General Ed-Tech Policy

SIIA Digital Discourse» Education Policy

Pending Senate Immigration Bill Advances High Tech Workforce Policies
The information technology industry, as well as the nation’s students and workforce, received an important policy boost this week when the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed an amendment to the pending immigration reform bill investing in STEM
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SIIA’s Perspective on Open Educational Resources
Last month, SIIA released a Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER) to help inform the field about the benefits, challenges and total costs that must be considered around the funding, development and adoption of educational resources, including OER. Included in the Guide was
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SIIA Supports COPPA’s Extension of Schools as Consent Providers
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday released its updated FAQs clarifying the amended rule implementing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) released in December, 2012. Included are several clarifications long championed by SIIA regarding the intersection of
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Recent Documents

SIIA's What's New in Common Core? -- April 2013
05/16/13

SIIA Analysis of COPPA for Operators in Schools
05/07/13

SIIA's What's New in Common Core? -- March 2013
04/17/13

SIIA’s What’s New in Common Core? February 2013
03/07/13

State of the State Summaries
02/28/13

State of the State Summaries
02/28/13

SIIA California State Report
02/20/13

What's New in CCSS
02/13/13

SIIA Comments to USED NPRM on Direct Grant Programs
02/12/13

Government Affairs Council Ed Tech Backgrounder 2013
01/28/13

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