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Congress backs filter mandate
Grappling with how best to monitor the internet in schools, the U.S. Senate has passed two competing proposals and left it up to a…
Electronic signature law could streamline school operations
A new law signed June 30 by President Clinton gives an electronic signature the same legal validity as one written with pen and ink.…
Some schools are fighting poor acoustics with microphones and amplifiers
This spring, the classrooms of Concord Elementary School in Portland, Ore., buzzed with the ordinary sounds of a grade school: student voices, feet landing on soft carpets, and rustling papers.…
Grant Awards:
$24 million in Technology Innovation Challange Grants Three school districts were awarded $24 million over five years to enhance their training…
Gates Foundation supports technology training for school leaders
Moving with the speed and aplomb that has characterized Bill Gates’ business ventures, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation already is making its presence…
Grants:
July **NEW THIS MONTH** Middle Grades Science Instructional Materials Initiative The National Science…
FCC ruling nullifies millions in eRate funding
Hundreds of small schools in Oklahoma were denied $20 million worth of subsidies for internet service when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled …
Calendar
July 10-14, Sunset Beach, N.C. 7th Annual North Carolina Association of School Resource Officers (NCASRO) Training Conference. Contact: Center…
Survey: Drug use up; sex, weapons down in high schools
Cocaine, marijuana, and cigarette use among high school students consistently increased during the 1990s, according to a government survey that also says fewer teens…
Preventing teen suicide
UNDERSTAND THE RISK FACTORS FOR TEEN SUICIDE 1. Previous suicide attempts or current suicidal thoughts 2.…