Chesterfield County Public Schools is one of six school districts nationwide to be selected as Ambassador Districts for the #GoOpen campaign of the U.S. Department of Education. The initiative, which encourages states, school districts and educators to replace traditional textbooks with openly licensed educational materials, was announced Oct. 29 during an Open Education Symposium held at the White House.
The #GoOpen Ambassador Districts will serve as mentors to school districts transitioning to openly licensed learning materials. Chesterfield County Public Schools and the five other Ambassador Districts currently use openly licensed educational materials and will help other districts understand how to effectively discover and curate these resources.
Additional information about #GoOpen is available here: http://tech.ed.gov/open-education/.
