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Gore lashes out at eRate foes: America must close schools’ ‘digital divide,’ Veep declares
Vice President Al Gore, attending a technology conference in Washington late in February, lashed out at opponents of the eRate, pledging to defend the program and charging that legislators who…
‘Cookies’ can bite unwary school personnel
Calories and cholesterol aren’t the only reasons to think twice about cookies these days. Now, electronic cookies received by your web browser are threatening your students’ privacy‹and maybe your own.…
Operation Reboot: Maryland cuts the kid-to-computer ratio
Students waiting in line for a turn at the computer could become a quaint memory if an innovative program being developed by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) catches…
El Paso’s savvy Pat Sullivan has bandwith to burn
At a recent eRate seminar in Colorado, Pat Sullivan fell to comparing her district’s internet-access speed with a contingent of colleagues from Silicon Valley. Sullivan, executive technology director from El…
Virtual high school is nothing but net
A publicly funded virtual high school is now operating in the central region of Florida. It may soon offer students in Orange and Alachua counties an opportunity to earn diplomas…
Properly employed, ICS works
Interactive curriculum systems (ICS) have shown that when well-used, they raise students’ standardized test scores. But they have yet to show they consistently improve performance in areas beyond the scope…
Help Wanted: Ex-K12 technology directors,$70,000 to start
The decline in computer science graduates might be creating an opportunity for code-literate school technology personnel—at least for those who can be enticed by bonuses, stock options, and $70,000 starting…
You lookin’ at me? Spy cams come to school
It already was a trend. Schools in increasing numbers have been installing closed circuit television (CCTV) systems on buses and playgrounds, in parking lots, libraries, and corridors, at entrances, and…
‘Cookie’ suit threatens privacy for public employees
If you’ve ever suspected that somebody in your schools might be visiting web sites they shouldn’t, you ought to know about this case pending in a federal court in Nashville,…
State buys 200,000 graphing calculators
Educators all over America worry about how their ninth and tenth graders will be able to afford those graphing calculators that increasingly are required in math class but that cost…