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Student aid, linked to health care, gets a trim »
Congressional Democrats on March 18 trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college aid bill piggybacked on to fast-track...
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Intel honors science excellence »
Space exploration could become cheaper and more efficient, and scientists might understand how genetics influence the spread of prostate cancer—thanks to the work of some very talented high school students....
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Technology adds to students’ math comprehension »
Recent studies from two different continents point to the value of education technology in helping students grasp important yet abstract math concepts—and in both studies, animations that allow students to visualize these concepts were central...
March 17 2010 / Read More »
Leadership in focus at annual AASA conference »
Educational leadership was the focus of the American Association of School Administrators' National Conference on Education in Phoenix last month....
March 17 2010 / Read More »
National Broadband Plan focuses on e-Rate, online learning »
More students should have access to online learning, and the federal e-Rate program should be more widely deployed and should embrace and encourage innovation, according to the National Broadband Plan....
March 16 2010 / Read More »View all Top News
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Court: Cyber-bullying threats are not protected speech
A California appeals court ruled this week that threatening posts made by readers of a web site are not protected free speech, allowing a case charging the posters with hate crimes and defamation to proceed,...
March 19 2010 / Read More »Fresno State students get high-tech writing help
More than 140 Fresno State professors are trying out a computer tool that taps into video-game competitiveness to improve student writing, reports the Fresno Bee. ...
March 19 2010 / Read More »Student who sued over confiscated cell phone loses appeal
The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a high school student who sued his teacher after she confiscated his cell phone, reports the Arkansas News Bureau....
March 19 2010 / Read More »Viacom says YouTube ignored copyrights
Pointing to internal YouTube eMail messages, Viacom said in a court filing that the video site’s founders turned a blind eye when users uploaded copyrighted clips so they could amass a big audience and sell...
March 19 2010 / Read More »Could school bus ads save district budgets?
School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, reports the Associated Press—and some have now resorted to placing advertisements on school buses. School districts say it's practically...
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Educator Resource Centers
Securing Student Laptops for Safe Learning »
Technology is an essential part of a 21st-century education for both teachers and students, and district 1-to-1 computing initiatives and laptop lending...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »Effective Programs for Dealing with Autism in Schools Today »
It's estimated that one out of every 150 children in the United States has some form of autism, and that number is...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »Successful Video Production »
Now more than ever, technology plays a crucial role in the way that students learn and prepare for careers in a global...
May 11 2009 / Read More »Securing Your Campus from the Inside Out »
Protecting student information and sensitive data and preserving students' peace of mind in classrooms and on campus can be a daunting task....
Jan 18 2010 / Read More »Creating the 21st-century classroom »
Sound amplification systems, digital projectors, interactive whiteboards, personal response systems, and other handheld devices are among the technologies that are rapidly becoming...
Jan 26 2010 / Read More »Next Generation Collaboration »
The ability to work together on group projects is seen as an increasingly important skill for the 21st-century workplace, and a growing...
Jan 4 2010 / Read More »Enterprising Instruction: Using Data to Improve Teaching »
Using data to inform instruction is one of the Obama administration's keys to effective school reform, and technology is helping a growing...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »One-to-one computing: The last piece of the puzzle »
Educational technology once meant a weekly trip to a PC-filled computer lab, or using a classroom projector or PowerPoint for a presentation....
Feb 11 2010 / Read More »Measuring 21st-century skills »
To remain competitive in an increasingly global, knowledge-based economy, today’s employers need graduates who are adept at so-called “21st-century skills” such as...
Aug 14 2009 / Read More »Igniting and Sustaining STEM Education »
As the workplace changes and becomes increasingly global, today's students must be educated with a 21st-century mindset. Science, technology, engineering, and math...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »
