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Kentucky program creates online learning plans for all students
You could call it "MySpace" meets "Monster": Kentucky has introduced a web-based program that will help students map out their academic careers and give them an idea of what career…
Hurricane Katrina shows power of eCommunications during crisis
eSchool News columnist Nora Carr commends the state departments of education in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for getting hurricane-related information and news posted so quickly on their web sites,…
How to build a better education school
Calling attention to the crisis that confronts teacher preparation in the United States, the George Lucas Educational Foundation's magazine, Edutopia, has identified 10 schools of education that are preparing future…
Attending to student and school success
Just like thousands of other school districts across the country, Kentucky's Newport Independent School District faces a constant battle with tight budgets. In Kentucky, district funding is determined solely by…
Crafting effective eMail newsletters takes time, attention to detail
Electronic newsletters, or eNewsletters, are gaining ground in school public relations--and for good reason. Cheap, fast, and relatively easy to produce and distribute, eNewsletters can help school leaders get information…
Education a key focus at InfoComm ’06
Thousands of buyers and sellers of audiovisual (AV) technologies convened in Orlando in June for the annual InfoComm trade show--and many of the new products they discussed were…
Tech helps slash costs, enhance safety
With increasing budgetary and safety concerns, school transportation officials are cutting costs and increasing safety by using new software and technology that can improve: route management, safety and…
Focus on projectors: Smaller, brighter, cheaper, wireless–and networked
As digital projectors continue to get smaller and brighter, and as prices continue to drop--with offerings now under $650 in the education market--experts project these devices are certain to become…
Young Americans geographically challenged
To combat what a recent poll reveals as a striking lack of knowledge about geography among young Americans, National Geographic is leading a new multimedia campaign to boost…
MSBA debuts online TV network for education
Looking to take the use of video in the classroom and the community to new heights, a group of forward-thinking educators in Missouri has launched a new internet-based television network--one…