Schools rush to high-tech security in wake of fatal shootings
No technology yet developed could have prevented the shooting catastrophes that rocked Edinboro, Pa., on April 24 and stunned Jonesboro, ... Read more
Month: May 1998
$15 billion wipeout rocks school software giant
Cendant Corp., one of two massive parent companies now controlling the development and sales of most curriculum software, announced on ... Read more
eRate Update: SLC deluged with school applications … and critics
The school field in recent weeks has been receiving diametrically opposite messages about the Schools and Libraries Corporation (SLC), the ... Read more
Poor kids and minorities remain unplugged
The overall number of schools connected to the internet is steadily climbing, but low-income and minority students are still much ... Read more
McDonald’s robotic cooks fry job opportunities for low-skilled workers
Hamburger flipping as the last refuge of the unskilled worker might be going the way of the gas station attendant. ... Read more
Double-edged Sword
As the Cendant story and others in this issue make clear, education technology now is inextricably linked to giant corporations. ... Read more
School yanks student internet access
A school in Cloverdale, Calif., is being criticized for its decision to shut down student access to the internet after ... Read more
New software lets students chat with Mir
Naval Academy engineer Bob Bruninga has written software that will allow students to exchange eMail messages with the crew of ... Read more
District must pay teacher-bashing student $30K
A school district will pay $30,000 to one of its students who was suspended for making fun of his band ... Read more
Banned student newspaper stories resurface on internet
The web brings the world to your school, but now educators are finding out that it works the other way, ... Read more