I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2326 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish 
the National Education Innovation Network and the National Innovation 
Corps. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2011 
Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself and Mr. HOLT) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to establish the National Education Innovation 
Network and the National Innovation Corps. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Innovation in Edu-
cation Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States could greatly benefit by 
investing in education research and development. In 
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fact, ample evidence shows that scientifically vali-
dated innovations in teaching and learning can re-
sult in significant improvements in student achieve-
ment and success. 
(2) When understood as systematic innovation, 
research and development can spur education im-
provement in scalable and sustainable ways. 
(3) Education research and development should 
be part of a strategy for innovation and ongoing im-
provement within individual classrooms, schools, and 
other learning environments, as well as within spe-
cialized research and development units. 
(4) The active involvement of teachers, prin-
cipals, local educational agency administrators, and 
State school officers in knowledge and innovation ac-
tivities is essential to the effective application of re-
search-based knowledge to policy and practice. 
(5) More instructional activities and practices 
supported by scientifically valid research need to be 
developed to meet the current and expected demands 
of educators in schools. 
(6) National leadership is needed to provide 
targeted initiatives, collaboration, and coordination 
of innovative best practices in teaching and learning 
to ensure that classroom educators have access to, 
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and effectively use practices supported by, scientif-
ically valid research. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL EDUCATION INNOVATION NETWORK. 
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 2422, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2423. NATIONAL EDUCATION INNOVATION NETWORK. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
establish the National Education Innovation Network to 
support the dissemination of promising educational sys-
tems, practices, and products to teachers and administra-
tors, and identify the best available evidence for such sys-
tems, practices, and products. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL EDUCATION 
INNOVATION NETWORK.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (e), the Secretary shall, in 
coordination with education research and assistance 
entities, establish and maintain a National Edu-
cation Innovation Network (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Network’). 
‘‘(2) NETWORK REQUIREMENTS.—The Network 
shall be designed as an efficient system of profes-
sional exchange for educators and administrators 
to— 
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‘‘(A) assist teachers and other individuals 
with the identification, transfer, and implemen-
tation of successful educational systems, prac-
tices, and products; 
‘‘(B) incorporate Web 2.0 technologies to 
enhance creativity, information sharing, dis-
seminations, and collaboration among educators 
within Web-based communities; 
‘‘(C) develop and maintain resource-rich, 
easily accessible databases, and a rigorous, on- 
going vetting process for ensuring the quality 
and integrity of entries provided by the Net-
work; and 
‘‘(D) develop a system to market the avail-
ability of the Network to teachers, educators, 
school administrators, State educational agen-
cies, local educational agencies, and other inter-
ested parties to ensure that the information is 
broadly and well disseminated. 
‘‘(c) INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION.—The Net-
work shall provide 3 categories of vetted information 
with respect to the most promising practices and 
strategies that may provide solutions to the most 
persistent problems of practice in improving student 
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