Paige: Focus on learning outcomes, not hardware
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige called for educators and industry leaders to think beyond the number of computers and ... Read more
Month: January 2002
High school tests high-tech weapon scanner
Officials at Skyline High School in Longmont, Colo., are about to employ a new tool in their effort to keep ... Read more
Up to 53 percent off the cost of NEC visual presentation products
This grant from the SMARTer Kids Foundation is intended to help educators purchase NEC visual presentation products for their classrooms. ... Read more
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
Georgia aims for paperless school board meetings
The DeKalb County School Board recently became the first school board in Georgia—and one of the first in the nation—to ... Read more
Computer program lets kids learn while their parents shop
In an effort to extend learning beyond the traditional school day, some elementary schools now provide access to educational software ... Read more
Web site lets Kentucky parents check teachers’ credentials
Kentucky parents and citizens now can search a single web site to find out the credentials of every public school ... Read more
Online registration takes guesswork out of class scheduling
A high school in Eagan, Minn., is about to become one of the first public secondary schools in the United ... Read more
Probation officers use software to protect kids from sex offenders
Don Spurlin was listening to a seminar on computer software designed to protect children from sexual predators. He wondered, why ... Read more
Virginia district recalls 11,000 student laptops
School officials in Henrico County, Va., are recalling all 11,800 laptop computers given to the district’s high school students in ... Read more