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  • Schools grapple with teachers' Facebook use
    Fri, Oct 10, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Communication
    As social networking web sites such as Facebook and MySpace become increasingly popular channels for student communication, schools are struggling to define the rules for whether, and how, it's appropriate for teachers to interact with their students through these media. [ Read More ]

  • How to survive another e-Rate season
    Thu, Oct 09, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  eRate
    If you're applying for the 2009 e-Rate, the $2.25 billion-a-year federal program that provides discounts on telecommunications services to eligible schools and libraries, you won't find many new additions to this year's program, e-Rate officials say. Instead, you'll find live training sessions, online videos, and other web-based resources designed to help you become more comfortable with the e-Rate application process. [ Read More ]

  • The e-Rate audit: What it takes to be prepared
    Thu, Oct 09, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  eRate
    e-Rate audits are increasingly becoming a fact of life for e-Rate applicants. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been allowed to spend more and more money to examine applicants to ensure they are compliant with e-Rate rules and regulations. The key to surviving an e-Rate audit is to always be prepared for one by maintaining proper documentation about your e-Rate activities. [ Read More ]

  • Educators give publishers their wish lists
    Wed, Oct 08, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Tech Leadership
    To engage today's students and get them to learn, information must be more than just words on a page, educators told publishers at a recent forum: Instead, students need relevant and interactive material, as well as resources and activities that can provide real-life experiences. [ Read More ]

  • Editorial: Wake-Up Call
    Tue, Oct 07, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Global competitiveness
    Sometimes I think my mother should have named me Johnny...Johnny One Note. Reason: Every time I turn around I see more evidence of our general inability as a nation to make a genuine commitment to education--and to vital education-enablers such as school libraries. [ Read More ]

  • Celebrities and kids join to set reading record
    Tue, Oct 07, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Curriculum , Reading/language arts
    Reading to her daughter has become a staple of Sheri Johnson's pre-bedtime regimen. Johnson and her 8-year-old daughter, Maya, joined more than 400 elementary school students at Washington Nationals Park Oct. 2 for the third annual Read for the Record national event, created by Jumpstart, a national organization that promotes literacy, especially among low-income families. [ Read More ]

  • Wall Street crisis hits higher education
    Mon, Oct 06, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Budget News
    Schools and colleges across the nation are scrambling to develop new plans to pay their bills after an investment fund that serves about 1,000 colleges and private schools last week partially froze withdrawals amid the current credit crunch. [ Read More ]

  • U.K. classrooms test 'smart desks'
    Fri, Oct 03, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Technologies
    Classroom desks soon could serve as interactive computer screens sensitive to the touch of several students simultaneously, if a pilot project in Britain's classrooms is an indication of things to come. [ Read More ]

  • Experts call for broadband transparency
    Thu, Oct 02, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Broadband
    Mapping the areas where Americans have access to various broadband internet services and making this information publicly available are key steps in closing the digital divide, said attendees of a Sept. 26 broadband policy summit held in Washington, D.C.--yet current federal policies prohibit the release of this information. [ Read More ]

  • Buried in eMail? Try these six tips to dig out
    Thu, Oct 02, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  email
    "You've got mail!" Remember when that alert sounded thrilling? Today, not so much. As scores of electronic messages pour into school eMail in-boxes and spill onto cell phones and handheld devices, the flood often leaves teachers and administrators feeling overwhelmed. But take heart. In just a moment, you'll learn six strategies experts say will put you back in control of your eMail and rescue your endangered productivity. [ Read More ]

  • Mobile classroom project poised to expand
    Wed, Oct 01, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Tech Leadership
    Organizers want to expand a pilot program in a rural Arkansas school district that equipped students with laptop computers or video iPods so they could study science and math while riding to and from school on the bus. [ Read More ]

  • Bill would boost public TV's learning power
    Tue, Sep 30, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Legislation
    Schools across the United States soon could have online access to a vast amount of educational content from public television archives to help raise student achievement, if a new bill called the Ready to Compete Act (H.R. 6856) is enacted. [ Read More ]

  • CEOs: Time to address 'education gap'
    Thu, Sep 25, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Global competitiveness
    The next president of the United States should be very concerned about the country's ability to attract and retain science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers if the U.S. is to remain a leader in a global, information-based economy, say chief executives of America's leading companies. [ Read More ]

  • Tech giants invest in global ed reform
    Wed, Sep 24, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  International
    Looking to produce their next generation of employees (and customers), technology giants such as Cisco Systems, Intel, and Microsoft are setting their sights beyond just the United States and are investing heavily in global education reform initiatives. [ Read More ]

 

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