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Teachers get a taste of real-world science—with impressive results »

Giving teachers hands-on science experience not only helps improve student achievement, but also reduces teacher attrition, according to results from a Columbia University study....

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Carnegie Mellon to offer internet safety resources

Carnegie Mellon to offer internet safety resources »

Carnegie Mellon University will use a $20,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to create and distribute web safety advice to faculty, teachers, and students in K-12 schools and on college campuses. ...

February 9 2010 / Read More »
Four things every student should learn … but not every school is teaching

Four things every student should learn … but not every school is teaching »

An awareness of the views of those in other countries, an understanding of how Google ranks the results of a web search, a knowledge of the permanence of information posted online: These are some of...

February 8 2010 / Read More »
Feds still troubled by Google Books deal

Feds still troubled by Google Books deal »

The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite revisions aimed at easing those concerns....

February 5 2010 / Read More »
Rulings on MySpace suspensions leave more questions than answers

Rulings on MySpace suspensions leave more questions than answers »

Federal appellate judges wrestling with whether school leaders can discipline their students for internet speech posted outside of school reached different rulings in two Pennsylvania cases on Feb. 4, further clouding an already murky area...

February 5 2010 / Read More »
Microsoft opens its cloud to researchers

Microsoft opens its cloud to researchers »

Researchers have until March 15 to submit proposals to the National Science Foundation that would grant access to Microsoft’s massive cloud-computing power for three years....

February 5 2010 / Read More »

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Around the Web

New Jersey businessmen sentenced to jail for e-Rate fraud

The former co-owners of a New Jersey computer services provider each have been sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of conspiracy to defraud the federal e-Rate program, which helps bring internet access to...

February 8 2010 / Read More »

Oregon panel votes to add restrictions to online schools

A bill to increase restrictions on online public schools was approved by a key committee in the Oregon Legislature on Feb. 3, despite pleas from parents for exceptions to the proposal, reports the Statesman Journal....

February 8 2010 / Read More »

Electronic books now come in snack sizes

Who has time to read a whole book anymore? That’s the thinking behind a new publishing venture by the FT Press, a unit of Pearson, which has introduced two series of short, digital-only titles for...

February 8 2010 / Read More »

Web not yet the answer to college textbook costs

Most students still prefer print to digital textbooks, and even if they didn't, college campuses so far have made very few titles available online, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer....

February 8 2010 / Read More »

A federal effort to push junk food out of schools

The Obama administration will begin a drive this week to expel Pepsi, French fries, and Snickers bars from the nation’s schools in hopes of reducing the number of children who get fat during their school...

February 8 2010 / Read More »

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Educator Resource Centers

Securing Student Laptops for Safe Learning »

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 »

Measuring 21st-century skills »

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 »

Enterprising Instruction: Using Data to Improve Teaching »

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 »

21st Century Libraries »

21st Century Libraries

The internet has given students an incredibly vast world of up-to-the-minute resources, including nearly limitless outlets for research and investigation. But many...

Dec 13 2009 / Read More »

Securing Your Campus from the Inside Out »

Securing Your Campus from the Inside Out

With online learning surging in popularity, making it possible for students in rural areas to enroll in courses not offered in their...

Jan 18 2010 / Read More »

Igniting and Sustaining STEM Education »

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 »

Successful Video Production »

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 »

Effective Programs for Dealing with Autism in Schools Today »

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 »

Next Generation Collaboration »

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 »


Webinars

Autism: Confronting a Crisis in Public Education

Autism: Confronting a Crisis in Public Education

  Free 2010 Webinar Series Date: Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010 Time: 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT Duration: One hour (15 mins for Q&A) Register Now! Leading researchers and autism education providers agree that children with autism need...

Jan 19, 2010 / More »

Special Reports

eSN Special Report: Convergent Education

eSN Special Report: Convergent Education

While some experts agree that change is happening, and happening quickly, others think the education sector does not feel the urgency it needs to force real transformation to occur. Countries such as Korea...

Jan 1, 2010 / More »

Best Practices News

District makes classroom Web 2.0 access a priority

District makes classroom Web 2.0 access a priority

Bandwidth-heavy applications can impact the performance of other academic and educational network traffic. Exinda solved this problem for Andover Public Schools in Essex County, Mass., by allowing Web 2.0 and more traditional academic...

Feb 5, 2010 / More »

Money Matters

Money Matters

Money Matters

Strategies and solutions your schools need right now 10 ways to save on schoolbudgets, How to trim the fat without hitting the bone Also inside: Grant-seeking skills you can bank on, Going ‘green’...

Nov 25, 2009 / More »

Featured Site(s) of the Week

History.com offers several resources for commemorating Black History Month »

In celebration of Black History Month, A&E Television Networks’ History Channel and its companion web site, History.com, have compiled several online resources....

Feb 1 2010 / Read More »

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