New online music store could cut digital piracy
A new internet music service launched by Apple Computer offers a consumer-friendly method of downloading songs for a modest 99 ... Read more
Month: April 2003
This $4.2 million U.S. Department of Education (ED) program promotes improvements in the quality of new teachers, with the ultimate ... Read more
School board: Teacher’s personal web site is grounds for dismissal
A high school teacher could be out of a job in a dispute over a personal web site he created ... Read more
Witness the search for extraterrestrial life at this NASA web site
The tragic loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its crew Feb. 1 hasn’t deterred NASA from its search for ... Read more
Companies can now certify as ‘SIF Compliant’
A highly touted solution that lets different K-12 software programs share student data among multiple software programs without any retyping ... Read more
Congress considers $100 million increase in library funding
The American Library Association (ALA) is leading the charge to reauthorize a bill that could pump millions of dollars of ... Read more
FCC moves to ban eRate ‘bad actors,’ approves wireless
Any applicant or service provider who is convicted of criminal violations of eRate policies or held civilly liable for eRate ... Read more
Parents, schools unite against ‘cyber bullying’
“Cyber bullying,” in which students use the internet to send cruel messages or post anonymous rumors about their peers, is ... Read more
Oregon dad sues to ban Channel One from schools
Channel One, the satellite network beamed into middle and high school classes around the country, would be banned from schools ... Read more
Judge: Student can’t discuss potential flaws in school transaction system
Should intellectual property laws prevent tech-savvy students and other “hackers” from exposing potential flaws they find in computer systems? It’s ... Read more