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A new frontier for Title IX: Science
Until recently, the impact of Title IX, the law forbidding sexual discrimination in education, has been limited mostly to sports. But now, under pressure from Congress, some federal agencies have…
Engineering competition seeks to entice young Vermonters
Two federal agencies and three technology companies are offering Vermont teachers and students a multimillion dollar opportunity to use top-line software, work with engineering experts, and try their hands at…
Canadian teachers: Make cyber bullying illegal
The Canadian Teachers' Federation wants the government to make cyber bullying a criminal offense, the Times and Transcript reports.…
NACOL issues new guidance for online learning
The North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) has released a new resource titled "Using Online Learning for At-Risk Students and Credit Recovery," MarketWatch reports.…
Teachers monitoring computer monitors
New software installed in Boulder and Longmont, Colo., high school computer labs is giving teachers a technological superpower: From their screens, they're able to monitor what's happening on those of…
Schools urged to expand online learning
The San Mateo County, Calif., Civil Grand Jury has urged local school districts to take more advantage of online programs to expand instruction in math, science, foreign languages, and other…
Free laptop-tracking system now available
Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego, have launched Adeona (http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/index.html), an open-source service aimed at helping individuals and organizations track the location of…
Blackboard partners with Syracuse on Sakai integration
Blackboard Inc. has partnered with Syracuse University to develop software that will allow institutions to connect their Blackboard learning environment with the open-source Sakai course management system, MarketWatch reports. …
California offers new tool for comparing schools
California will give parents one-stop shopping starting July 16 to compare neighborhood schools’ performance on everything from test scores to graduation rates to student demographics online, the San Jose Mercury…
For teens, the future is mobile
CNET reports that a market research firm is predicting mobile phones will surpass the popularity of desktops for teens in the United States. Only an estimated 20 percent of teens…