With the digitalization of society based on the transition to digital economy and education, the article highlights the necessity of replacing traditional school with the digital one. The article considers digital school to be a pedagogical phenomenon rather than a technological one and suggests solutions to provide every learner with the required (documented in the approved educational program) educational level at every stage of school and to develop their own unique potential by taking advantage of digital learning. The authors conclude that transition to digital school is a digital transformation of schooling at every stage.

The publishing of the 300th issue of the INFO magazine coincided with the approval of the Passport of the National Digital Economy Program. One of the Program' task is the development of the promising Digital Educational and Methodological Complexes (DEMC) that should transform the informatics’ classes at the public school. This event is considered as a step to the digital transformation of the Russian school. Digital transformation is considered as harnessing digital technologies to increase the productivity and value of an enterprise. Digital transformation of education is considered as the controlled and/or spontaneous process of the transformation of the content, methods and organizational forms of educational activities, which is aimed at improving the quality of schools in a rapidly developing digital environment to meet the requirements of the digital economy. The development of Digital Educational and Methodological Complexes, smart simulation and training apps and virtual laboratories provided by the Passport of the National Digital Economy Program for the implementation of general secondary and vocational education programs for areas of “Mathematics”, “Informatics” and “Technology” is аn important step towards the digital transformation of education. The DEMC for informatics curriculum that will be created under the Digital Economy Program has to predetermine the formation of digital literacy of the younger generation in the next decade. The features of the promising DEMC for informatics, which the author would like to see in it, are discussed.

Human capital is produced primarily by the education system. Today it is the most important factor in the development of economy and society. By investing in human capital, economic growth rates above the average world-level can be achieved, which is necessary in order to strengthen Russia's positions in the context of increasing global competition. The report proposes 12 projects, aiming not only for the development of education, but for making a decisive contribution to the "breakthrough" of the country in economic, social and technological development by activating the creative potential of the Russian population as a whole and self-realization of each individual. The ultimate result of all the proposed 12 solutions will be a steady increase in the quality of life of the Russian people. UDC 37 LBC 74(2Рос) The report in Russian is available on the websites: The Center for Strategic Research

The decision on harnessing ICT in school education can pursue as a primary objective the acquaintance of students with ICT, the reduction of the costs of the education or the improvement of the educational results. Governments should consider ICT policies and programs on the Harnessing ICT in education as policies and programs for the school transformation. The focus areas include learning with ICT when suitable; teaching with ICT when suitable; developing a culture of ICT-promoted educational changes; building digital infrastructure to promote learning and teaching. The main issues and recommendations for each area are presented.

Schools’ digital renewal is seen as a schools’ changes process (learning goals, educational environment, teaching/learning process, school management) have started several decades ago and continues today in the growing digital environment. Schools are moving along the path of the digital renewal at different paces and are located at different stages of the process. The digital renewal stages (computerization, early and late informatization, digital transformation) are considered as groups of the developmental states where each specific school is located in the digital renewal process. At each of these stages, school communities have a specific vision of the possible/desired future, which becomes a base for the creation and implementation of the development programs. It is recommended to take this fact into account in the development of recommendations for the creation of an “ideal school”, and to prepare several such descriptions that correspond to the peculiarities of the development of the school at the appropriate stage.