Abercrombie: Today is ‘Digital Learning Day’

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Feb. 6 just got a new name: “Digital Learning Day.” That’s according to Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who this morning visited Keaau elementary and middle schools in Puna on the Big Island to commend their progress in the adoption of a common core digital curriculum.

Part of that curriculum includes a digital device for each student’s personal use. The schools are in what the state Department of Education has dubbed the Zones of School Innovation (ZSI), established as part of the state’s Race to the Top reforms.

The DOE made it a priority to close school achievement gaps by focusing initial efforts on low-performing, rural schools in two complex areas. One of the zones includes Keeau: Kau-Keeau-Pahoa. The other is on Oahu’s west side: Nanakuli-Waianae. 

Each student in the ZSI got a digital device, including tablets, this past school year.

— Alia Wong

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