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Idaho schools receive a passing grade on technology
An educational research consultant is giving Idaho’s public schools a favorable review for their progress on meeting most of the goals of a statewide educational technology initiative. …
Grant Awards
$18.1 million from the Pennsylvania Department of Education For the state’s new Safe Schools grant program, more than $18 million to nearly 400 Pennsylvania school districts, charter schools, intermediate…
Grant Deadlines
February Inspired Teacher Scholarships for Visual Learning This 2-year-old program, sponsored by Inspiration Software Inc., offers scholarships to educators who champion visual learning and the meaningful use of…
‘Beaming’ students won’t make teachers smile:
The age-old art of passing notes in class has gone high-tech, as students with handheld computers are foregoing pencil and paper to swap information surreptitiously via infrared beams. …
Students reject board’s tough web publishing options
Students at Maize High School in Kansas have chosen to reject four options presented to them by the school board regarding the publishing of student names and photos…
Educators team up with NASA scientists to involve students in real space research
Science students at Pottsville High School in Arkansas have been chosen, along with students in 19 other schools nationally, to participate in a new computer network involving the…
Students create ‘biomaps’ using sophisticated GIS software
Students at Hopkinton High School in New Hampshire are taking a hands-on approach to learning about their local flora and fauna, with the help of very sophisticated mapping software. Hpkinton…
Principals, police use internet to track troubled teens
In the town of Normal, Ill., school administrators and local law enforcement officials are taking steps to ensure that events here live up to the community’s name. To…
New software puts the ‘work’ back into homework
Two Tennessee Tech engineering professors are using computer technology to combat an old problem that has relevance in K-12 as well as higher education—cheating on homework. Craig Henderson and…
eSN Special Report:
Japanese food on the lunch menu proved to a small Georgia elementary school that folks were reading their internet page. Patti O’Neal, webmaster at Bright Star Elementary School, had…