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To improve instruction, schools and colleges must cooperate more
High school science teachers returning to the college lab. College professors getting tips on training math teachers from the teachers themselves. School districts and universities sharing science equipment. …
Arizona launches $7.5 million high-tech learning center
Ten-year-old Lauren Kovalcik could be playing a game on her home computer as she stares intently at a video monitor and maneuvers a joystick. But…
Private internet bulletin board gets school board members into trouble
Members of the Beaufort County (S.C.) School Board and district Superintendent Herman Gaither have come under fire for using a private internet bulletin board to discuss school district matters. The…
Feds, companies team up to bring internet to students’ homes
For years, educators have known that students who don’t have access to computers at home remain at a disadvantage. Now, lawmakers and communications companies plan to bring the web into…
New Hampshire candidate wants web cameras in classrooms
Imagine a teacher giving a history lesson to sixth-graders as a camera pans the room. On a computer screen miles away, parents watch to see if their kids are paying…
The ‘deep web’: vast and uncharted . . . until now
The world wide web has become so large so fast that sophisticated search engines are just scratching the surface of its vast information reservoir, according to a study released July…
Newslines–Students wary of applying to college online
Though high school students increasingly use the internet to search for information about colleges, fears of transmitting personal information over the web might be…
Birmingham schools billed for extra computer wiring costs
The company that wired classrooms in Birmingham, Ala., for computers is billing the school system for an additional $2.1 million, claiming the system underestimated…
Dot-com license plates could raise funds for California computers
A Silicon Valley assemblyman who is running for Congress has introduced a bill to create a new “dot-com” license plate. The measure, which passed…
Company dropped for putting students’ photos on web
A Pennsylvania school board has decided not to rehire a photography company after it briefly published students’ photos on the internet so parents could…