News Analysis: AOL, Microsoft legal wrangle could vex educators
When the elephants fight, it’s the grass that gets crushed. And technology leaders at the grass roots in education have ... Read more
Month: January 2001
News Analysis: AOL, Microsoft legal wrangle could vex educators
When the elephants fight, it’s the grass that gets crushed. And technology leaders at the grass roots in education have ... Read more
Fingerprint technology speeds school lunch lines
Some Pennsylvania schools are testing a fingerprinting program that lets pupils pay for chicken nuggets, sloppy joes, pizza, and other ... Read more
AFT offers standards for online learning
A new report from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) recommends a broad set of guidelines for ensuring successful instructional ... Read more
Bush plan to overhaul eRate divides educators
A controversial plan to combine the $2.25 billion eRate and nine other school technology programs into a single block grant ... Read more
Maryland system pulls plug on $4 million student information system
Capping a year and a half of frustration, officials at Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools (K-12, enr. 131,000) announced they ... Read more
Digitized content and hand-held applications mark this year’s FETC
Thousands of educators had the chance to see the latest in school technology at the 21st annual Florida Educational Technology ... Read more
Fox aims to shut down acclaimed science web site
Call it a close encounter—of the legal kind. A dispute over a popular science web site created by the University ... Read more
eRate seems secure under Bush, regardless of campaign promises
During President-elect George W. Bush’s campaign, he promised to increase the flexibility and ease of use of federal funds by ... Read more
Ex-Ed Sec. Bennett launches online schooling firm
William J. Bennett, the former secretary of education during the Reagan administration and best-selling author who once wrote, “So far ... Read more