K-12 technology spending continues to soar
Spending for technology in K-12 education topped $6.7 billion during the 1998-99 school year, an increase of nearly 25 percent ... Read more
Month: April 2000
Elementary students test virtual reality applications
Elementary school teachers at Abraham Lincoln School in Oak Park, Ill., have access to a wider variety of high-tech teaching ... Read more
Students try computers for state assessments
Students from the Wellesley, Mass., public schools are taking part in an experiment to see if the state’s students should ... Read more
From the Publisher
It’s April, and the reports and studies about school technology are popping out like cherry blossoms. The research making news ... Read more
By The Numbers
Despite the vastness of the internet, half of all school-based web traffic is spent on just 100 sites, according to ... Read more
Gates Foundation earmarks $350 million for education
A month after becoming the world’s largest philanthropic foundation with an endowment of more than $21 billion, the Bill and ... Read more
Lawmakers want to be computer ‘cookie’ cutters
Who wants cookies? That’s the question being asked by some lawmakers troubled by how internet marketers can track the movements ... Read more
House passes bill to study high-speed connectivity in schools
The nation’s top researchers would provide scientific data regarding the best technology to use in American public schools and libraries, ... Read more
Maine governor wants a computer on every kid’s lap
Maine Gov. Angus King, trying to bridge the digital divide in one of the poorest states in the country, has ... Read more
Study shows nearly all schools now connected to the internet
Nearly every public school in America now has access to the internet, according to a study released Feb. 16 by ... Read more