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Feds demand better privacy safeguards on the internet — or else
In the wake of reports that some internet sites collect personal information on children without their parents’ permission, President Clinton’s top internet adviser, Ira Magaziner, called on technology industry leaders…
Teacher colleges must begin preparing tech savvy teachers
Technology is transforming the teacher’s role today as radically as did the invention of Gutenberg’s printing press more than 500 years ago. But teacher colleges have yet to update their…
School eRate funding under attack
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and an outspoken critic of the eRate, introduced a bill on Feb. 10 that would tie…
Education lawsuit targets term-paper mills
Boston University (BU) wants to make it harder for all students to cheat themselves out of learning. As a result, the university has sued eight online term-paper services, charging them…
Connectivity lingo libretto
ADSL: Short for asymmetric digital subscriber line, a new technology that allows more data to be sent over existing copper telephone lines. ADSL supports data rates from 1.5 to 9…
Spending for school technology to top $5.2 billion
Experts have been predicting that K-12 schools will spend more than $5.2 billion on technology during the current school year. Now, we have a …
Capitol Action
Federal News New federal initiatives, including millions of dollars in grants to fund both K-12 and adult education programs, were announced in Washington on Jan.…
eSN Special Report: Built For Speed
It was true when you were growing up, and it will be true in the new era of the eSchool: If you want your schools to get ahead, you’re going…
Case Study: A Rural District Gets Connected
If you sometimes get the feeling yours is the last school system still pretty much unplugged in the whole wired world, meet Ed Lampert, technology coordinator for a 1,500-student school…
Massachusetts law could cost schools their eRate discounts
If the spools of red tape associated with the eRate have your head spinning, you’re not alone. School officials throughout Massachusetts are worried that a state law enacted years ago…