Dive Brief:

• President Obama mingled with 110 district superintendents from across the nation Wednesday, during which time the administrators joined 1,200 others nationwide who have signed a pledge promising to make their schools "future ready."
• The gathering was a follow-up in President Obama's “ConnectED to the Future” initiative, which was announced last year and aims to see high-speed broadband and wireless in 99% of America's schools by 2017.  
• The plan has garnered the support of 10 private technology companies, which have pledged a collective $2 billion to help upgrade Internet infrastructure within America's schools. 

Dive Insight:

According to EdSurge, at Wednesday's gathering, President Obama declared, "Every child deserves a shot at a world-class education. That's the promise we make as a nation. To deliver on that promise, we need to yank our schools into the 21st century when it comes to technology, and provide the training and tools our teachers need."