Students show practical uses for math, science
Journal Gazette & Times Courier reports that fifth graders from the Mattoon grade in Illinois, like their counterparts in various ... Read more
Month: November 2005
Milwaukee schools to try out blog
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that members of the West Bend School Board’s Technology Committee have launched an internal blog on ... Read more
Survey: Online education is ‘growing by degrees’
Nearly two-thirds of all colleges and universities that deliver face-to-face instruction now also offer online courses, and last year's enrollment in these online courses was up nearly 20…
Vendor: school bus GPS may cause luekemia
Sun-Sentinel reports that school-district officials are discounting claims that the GPS technology used by everyone from backwoods hikers to drivers ... Read more
Explore educational software titles with ESPG’s ’05 Preview Guide
The Educational Software Preview Guide (ESPG) Consortium recently announced the release of its “2005 Online Educational Software Preview Guide.” Now ... Read more
Loans for rural internet aid are hard to get
New York Times reports cross rural America, entrepreneurs, lawmakers and Internet company executives say they are frustrated with a loan ... Read more
Ohio charter schools will go on trial
According to Beacon Journal, Ohio Supreme Court plans to hear arguments Tuesday about the constitutionality of state-funded academies, or charter ... Read more
Atlanta school to pilot $20M learning initiative
Bizjournals.com reports the BellSouth Foundation will spend $20 million on an eLearning initiative, BellSouth’s 20/20 Vision for Education, and it ... Read more
Programs aim to stop ‘cyber bullying’
Schoolyard bullies are becoming increasingly high tech, as a growing number of students now engage in “cyber bullying” by spreading ... Read more
Judge rejects challenge to NCLB
New York Times reports that a federal judge in Michigan on Wednesday dismissed a major challenge to the Bush administration’s ... Read more