Thanks to Mike Smith for catching this...

US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, gave a speech yesterday at the USAID Global Education Summit:  http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/education-only-solution

There are two OER quotes in his speech:

• At the same time, the fast-evolving field of education technology—from cloud computing to personal learning devices to Open Education Resources like the Khan Academy, which my two young children enjoy—has huge potential to transform education.
  
  
• Open Education Resources and other communication tools can help improve and expand teacher training and professional development—a huge opportunity in countries grappling with large teacher shortages and under-educated teachers.

Well done US Department of Education!

Cable

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Cable Green, PhD
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