New Tech @ East Tech is one of two new tech schools in Cleveland, Ohio and one of two in the state of Ohio. The school is one of the first Ohio outposts in the national New Tech Network. New Tech schools stress technology and learning through group projects, with teachers acting as coaches.
-Ryan Durr, Principal of New Tech @ East Tech High School
Ohio's Digital Learning Task Force was created by created by H.B. 153 and is charged with evaluating the shape of technology and education in the years to come, and to provide insight and guidance into where the state's place should be in the national landscape of digital learning. It was established to develop a strategy for the expansion of digital learning that enables students to customize their education, produces cost savings, and meets the needs of Ohio's economy.
Task Force Members:
- Robert Sommers, Director, 21st Century Education
- Representative Matt Huffman, Fourth District
- Senator Peggy Lehner, Sixth District
- Gary Cates, Senior Vice Chancellor, Board of Regents
- Dan Badea, Technology Consultant, Department of Education
- Susan Stagner, VP State Relations, Connections Academy
- Scott Kern, Chief Financial Officer, ECOT
- John Marschhausen, Superintendent, Loveland School District
- David Axner , Superintendent, Dublin City Schools
- Eric Gordon, Superintendent, Cleveland City Schools
- Troy McIntosh, Principal, Worthington Christian Schools
