$50,000 for Abraham Lincoln fellowships
Horace Mann and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield, Ill., have joined together to give teachers the opportunity to receive a $1,000 fellowship to study the life and legacy of the nation's 16th president....
Deadline: March 4, 2006

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ED mainly mum on Gulf relief
Nearly five months after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to the Gulf Coast and destroyed or damaged hundreds of schools and colleges, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) official responsible for Mississippi and Louisiana relief efforts could not say how much damage schools and colleges sustained in those states, could not say how much money will go to education recovery in the affected areas, and declined to comment about ED's master recovery plan....

BlackBerry suit threatens school service
In a case that could pose significant complications for school leaders and other users of the popular BlackBerry wireless eMail device, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear an appeal from the device's maker in a long-running patent dispute....

Students plug in, enroll in 'iTunes U'
Students at the University of Michigan's School of Dentistry use their iPods and MP3 players for more than just listening to music--they also listen to class lectures and review notes with a student-run project that uses iTunes technology for academic purposes....

Feds want Google search records
A battle under way between internet-search giant Google Inc. and the federal government could have huge implications for online privacy on one hand and the government's ability to regulate access to what it considers objectionable on the other....

Webcast: Virtual school helps at-risk students succeed
Online instruction has helped several at-risk Illinois students finish their high school education and earn their diploma, when it's likely many of these students otherwise would have dropped out of the system, said Sarah Antrim-Cambium, the Illinois Virtual High School (IVHS) coordinator for participating schools in Cook County....

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Atomic Learning releases tutorials for Excelsior's Pinnacle Attendance Manager
Atomic Learning--January 23, 2006--Atomic Learning, the premier provider of affordable web-based software training and tutorials, released 46 tutorials for Pinnacle Attendance Manager, an integral part of Excelsior Software's Pinnacle Plus System. These new tutorials complement the Pinnacle Gradebook2 tutorials previously released.

Intel to train 10 million teachers in developing nations
Intel Corporation--January 25, 2006--Intel Corporation Chairman Craig Barrett today announced plans to train an additional 10 million teachers in developing nations over the next five years in the use of technology to enhance learning. The plan significantly expands the Intel® Teach to the Future initiative, which since 2000 has already trained over 3 million teachers in 35 countries.

netTrekker Goes "Home"
netTrekker--January 26, 2006--Already helping nearly 7 million students to conduct safe, relevant Internet searches when they're working on school projects, Thinkronize now becomes one of the first education companies to successfully cross over to the consumer market by introducing netTrekker home. After all, school isn't the only place where children can benefit from the many valuable educational resources available online.

Community rallies to equip Blue Ribbon School with 21st-century technology
SMART Technologies--January 11, 2006--SMART Technologies announces that Gladden Middle School (GMS), recently named a Blue Ribbon School, has become one of Georgia's most technologically equipped schools. This 700-student school in Chatsworth, GA, now has 29 model classrooms outfitted with SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards.