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Wanted: Single standard for open-content licenses
The movement toward open course materials for education has created something of a problem: Although a number of repositories have been set up to allow users to download sharable online…
ED official cited in student-loan probe
What began as a probe into possible kickbacks to school officials for steering students to preferred lenders has widened to envelop a federal education official and the chancellor of New…
RIAA looks to change students’ tune
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has launched a new method to combat what it believes is the rampant pirating of digital music on college campuses. The group's new…
Supes use blogs as outreach tool
As school district leaders look to improve stakeholder relations across their districts, some superintendents are experimenting with a tool more commonly associated with tech-savvy students and teachers than administrators: the…
$100 laptop’s software could be more revolutionary than its price
Forget windows, folders, and boxes that pop up with text. When students in Thailand, Libya, and other developing countries get their $150 computers from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)…
‘Augmented reality’ helps kids learn
Researchers at Harvard, MIT, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison have developed a project that uses "augmented reality" to teach students math and literacy skills. The project involves teams…
Employee blogs require smart policies
Employee blogs are growing exponentially in the private sector and also are increasingly cropping up in public schools. While these blogs show great promise from a number of perspectives, it's…
Reading expert: Don’t forget fluency
In an interview with eSchool News, noted reading expert Jon Bower, CEO of Soliloquy Learning, says 100-percent reading proficiency for all students is the key to global competitiveness--and "the only…
Extend your PR reach by streaming video and audio online
As streaming audio and video gets easier--and better looking--thanks to new software and the proliferation of high-speed internet connections, making digital content available from school district web sites is no…
Stop the presses: School newspapers are moving online
For the first time in decades, students at Arkansas' Nettleton High School will not find copies of The Chieftain floating around campus this year. Instead, they'll find the school newspaper…