DigiLEARN Blog The 74: Technology-Focused Professional Development Can Help America's Teachers Bring Their Classrooms Into the 21st Century

<p><em>The following excerpt is from an Opinion piece by digilearn co-founder Gov. Bev Perdue, originally published at&#160;</em>The 74<em>.<a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/perdue-technology-focused-professional-development-can-help-americas-teachers-bring-their-classrooms-into-the-21st-century/" target="_blank">For the full article, click here</a>.</em></p> <p><em></em><span class="drop-cap">L</span>ast week, my home state of North Carolina became the sixth state where thousands of teachers took to the streets to make their voices heard. In a right-to-work state, teachers took personal days to fight for better pay and increases to per-pupil spending, both of which are&#160;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4443932-NEA-teacher-pay-rankings-2018.html" target="_blank">well below the national average in North Carolina</a>.</p> <p>The demonstration was emotional. It was powerful. And it brought a laser-like focus to one of the biggest challenges facing education: Teachers are rarely included in efforts to reform our education system.</p> <p><a href="http://www.digilearn.org/news/digilearn-releases-the-strategic-policy-playbook-driving-innovation-in-education-for-all-students" target="_blank">Read the full article here</a>.&#160;&#160;</p>