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Laura Devaney is the Managing Editor for eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. While attending UMD, Laura wrote for a local neighborhood newspaper before interning with eSchool News. Upon gr
Tech helps with ESL instruction
With No Child Left Behind raising the stakes for reading achievement, English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction also has taken on a greater urgency. Fortunately, a myriad of technologies…
Feds solicit ed-tech feedback
The U.S. Department of Education is asking school stakeholders to comment on the use of technology in schools. While advocates of educational technology say they welcome this latest request for…
New bill would revamp ed-tech funding
A new bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives, called the Achievement Through Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) Act, aims to make significant improvements to the federal Enhancing Education Through…
NACOL issues online learning primer
The North American Council for Online Learning has published a guidebook intended to help policy makers and educators implement online learning programs in their schools--and to help parents understand how…
Video helps Baltimore County overhaul its curriculum
Recognizing the need to engage a new generation of students who are visual learners, Maryland's Baltimore County Public Schools--the nation's 25th-largest school system--has installed video servers and a video-on-demand system…
Engineering field has designs for women
To help encourage more girls to choose engineering as a career, female engineers from across the country reached out to students and educators March 22-23 during the "Global Marathon for,…
Video helps overhaul district’s curriculum
In an effort to revamp its curriculum, Baltimore County Public Schools--the nation¹s 25th-largest school system--has installed video servers and a video-on-demand system in all of its 169 schools. Although the…
Open-content learning portal debuts
A new online content resource center, formally launched March 9 by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), will make more than 8,000 classroom materials available…
Group seeks open access to public TV content
Students, teachers, and others would have access to a vast archive of public television content in digital format, if a new proposal from the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)…
Engineering field has designs for women
To spark an interest in engineering among girls, computer maker Lenovo sponsored a 24-hour webcast that brought together female engineers, teachers, students, and others from around the world. A common theme…