In response to Richard Whitmire's latest blog post surrounding the educational reform movement, Tom Vander Ark highlights 5 crucial factors that help foster reform:

1)      A half a dozen examples of the new employment bargain, data systems, and choice landscapes are sufficient to tip a lot of states.

2)      Informal schools of learning, such as the Khan Academy, are dominating the traditional because they offer opportunities for everyone to learn from a multitude of subjects.

3)      Online learning has a massively scalable quality capability.

4)      A shift from print to digital learning materials and assessments will require a blend of online and traditional school programs.

5)      Investments in the public, private and philanthropic internet business models are helping to drive innovative tools and the development of new schools.