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Maryland district mulls NRA curriculum proposal
School officials in Carroll County, Md., are considering whether to teach students gun safety under a program sponsored by the National Rifle Association. …
Study: Most Teachers Feel
A new study by Market Data Retrieval finds that a majority of the more than 1,500 teachers surveyed feel they are not well prepared to use…
Newslines–Anti-Defamation League helps kids avoid online hate
In an effort to protect children from online messages of hate, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is providing a list of guidelines for parents. In “A Parent’s Guide to…
Newslines–Video games banned from Miami school computers
Prodded by an attorney, Miami-Dade County Schools has banned the use of video games on school computers. “Use of school board computers to play games of any sort, especially…
Newslines–School board may post floor plans for public safety officials
The Shelby County, Tennessee, school board is considering whether to post school floor plans to the district’s web site to give police, fire, and rescue officials quick access to building…
Newslines–Columbine investigators probing school eMail, computer files
Investigators of the Columbine High School shooting case in Littleton, Colo., are scanning eMail messages and computer files of students who knew gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold to determine…
Newslines–School yanks web site over privacy concerns
Officials at a South Florida elementary school temporarily took the school’s web site off-line after a parent objected to the posting of student projects on the site. A…
Newslines–Iowa district switches phone service for safety measures
Cedar Falls, Iowa, school officials hope caller identification will help prevent prank calls and bogus bomb threats. After a bogus school-wide bomb threat in early February that disrupted…
Newslines–California schools need smoke alarms, lawmaker says
California Assemblyman Ted Lampert has reintroduced a bill in the state legislature that would require California schools to install smoke detectors and automatic fire alarms. State law requires public…
Preparing Students For A High-Tech World Should Be Educators’ Top Priority, Say Authors
Technology & Learning, May 1999, p. 27 Despite the hype surrounding the looming Y2K computer bug, the authors of this article assert that the real…