The troubled budget picture, amidst the demand for better results, is accelerating the adoption of blended learning by forcing school operators to rethink the structure and delivery of education.

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They also need structure, including learning the values of self-discipline and responsibility.

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In the panel conversation, the lack of good networks, better use of the emerging edtech incubators, the structure of federal research funding, the lag-time between learning and tangible results, and other things surfaced as additional facets of the problem.

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