Dive Brief:

• A collaborative funding effort, Connections for Classrooms, has given $8.2 million in grant money to 47 Georgia school districts in order to provide high speed broadband access to strengthen blended learning in the state.
• The grant, in part, stems from Gov. Nathan Deal's Digital Learning Task Force recommendations, a component of a bigger statewide effort to expand high-speed web access in schools.
• The money will also help classrooms engage in digital personalized learning for students. 

Dive Insight:

Across the country, the advent of blended learning continues to grow. It's increasingly popular, since the model incorporates digital teaching tools into normal instruction, which helps students and teachers transition into using new technology and ed-tech devices and platforms.

Blended learning sometimes utilizes online lectures and videos for students to consume on their own, using class time to engage in dialogue about the online content. After digesting online content on their own, students also sometimes work on assignments that would otherwise be considered homework, with the teacher there to offer personal support and instruction when needed.