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Hawthorn Elementary’s leader has a red-letter plan
When Youssef Yomtoob first became superintendent of Hawthorn Elementary District 73 in Vernon Hills, Ill., he successfully led the implementation of computers and internet…
Maryland students use PDAs
For the past few years, laptop computers have been touted as a way of getting technology into the hands of all students, making “anytime, anywhere …
Students record music—and raise money—at MP3.com
The Anne Darling Elementary School technology club has abandoned the traditional candy and wrapping-paper fund-raisers in favor of something a little more tech-savvy—and harmonious—with…
2001 Buyer’s Guide
As education buyers, you’re charged with spending thousands, even millions, of public dollars for sophisticated equipment—and in this era of accountability, the stakes have…
Feds, teachers mull ways to teach students ‘cyber ethics’
Thou shalt not vandalize web pages. Thou shalt not shut down web sites. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s MP3s. …
Online conference urges new thinking for new schools
When modernizing old buildings or designing new ones, school districts should model them after the workplace, make technology centers the focal point, and get…
Philly creamed by $36M school-software scandal
The Philadelphia School District’s new computer accounting system was inefficiently purchased, is over budget, and “still doesn’t do many of the things it was…
Student journalists turn to web to bypass censorship
It was an emotional act of teen-age mutiny—printing a blank page on the front of the Sidwell Friends school newspaper after administrators had pulled…
Corporations could get naming rights to tech school
A proposal by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District to fund a new technology school, in part, through corporate sponsorships has some observers questioning the infiltration…
ZapMe! ‘free’ computer labs could prove costly for schools
Thousands of schools might be left in the lurch thanks to a change in direction at ZapMe!, a company that made headlines in 1998 with its…