One day’s work earns teachers up to $150,000
At least one Texas school district is using the internet to promote a temporary employment program as a way for ... Read more
Month: September 2002
New copyright fees could silence school radio webcasts
High school radio stations are used to operating on shoestring budgets. But new webcasting fees leveled by the Librarian of ... Read more
Study: Slumping economy hasn’t curbed school tech growth
Despite shrinking budgets and the slowed economy, American public schools have managed to increase their hardware inventory with roughly the ... Read more
Michigan launches $9.5 million wireless program for schools
Michigan is offering $9.5 million in grants for school districts that have a plan to make wireless computers available to ... Read more
Corel’s Dell, HP deal opens options for schools
In a surprise move, two of the world’s largest PC manufacturers—Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and Dell Computer Corp.—have opted to install ... Read more
School weather data enlisted to fight terror
Schools participating in a network of more than 6,000 local weather stations across the country soon might play an important ... Read more
USDA enables schools to place food orders online
School food purchasers soon will be able to order canned peaches, peas, and other nutritional items for school meals online, ... Read more
Student-built computers to save Mississippi nearly $2 million
Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove’s office asked Moss Point computer teacher Anne Davis in June if she knew of any students ... Read more
Study: Recruit Ph.D.s to teach K-12 science and math
A new report by the National Academies’ National Research Council recommends recruiting science and mathematics scholars with doctoral degrees to ... Read more
Teachers’ Aide
As students were preparing for a new school year bright with promise, the looming impact of the Bush Administration’s No ... Read more