It's estimated there is approximately $3,000 spent per student in North America on software. That's a huge figure. It's not always apparent how the digital technology appears in the classroom, but it does, whether through smart boards or through other softwares that are bought. Of course, it's nothing new—let's use the technology in the classroom—but what is new is the capability of that technology to actually increase competency in common core standards, if you will. Common core standards were developed over the last two years to try to give people a sort of watermark for how you could establish what you are trying to do. For example—
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