Dropouts face steep costs in U.S.
Dropping out of high school has its costs around the globe, but nowhere steeper than in the United States. Adults ... Read more
Month: October 2006
Newslines
Fla. schools to get $80M from Microsoft antitrust case Florida’s most impoverished schools will get more than $80 million to ... Read more
Another kind of ‘intelligent design’
As a high school principal, Bruce McDade was in charge of student learning, morale, and safety. So, naturally, he became ... Read more
21st-century dorms ‘up the ante’
Wireless internet access? That’s almost a given. But today’s college dormitories also increasingly feature such other amenities as large-screen, high-definition ... Read more
Creating a ’21st-century school’ for learning and working together
Like many school systems, Maryland's Charles County Public Schools had different tracks for high school students who were going on to college and those pursuing vocational training. This…
An enterprising approach to IT
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is notoriously difficult to implement–and quite costly to boot. But it doesn’t have to be, ... Read more
Advertising is a high price to pay for spiffier school web sites
As school budgets stretch to meet ever-increasing demands, more administrators are exploring web-based sponsorships, advertising, and other alternative funding sources ... Read more
No excuses
The superintendent of a suburban Ohio school district has turned her district around in two quick years by implementing several ... Read more
Students look to the skies in this new inquiry-based activity from NASA
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) are collaborating on a new educational activity that encourages students to research the ... Read more
How to vie for a share of billions in new funding from the Gates Foundation
As you can well imagine, June 15 was a magical day for education grant-seekers across the country: If you read ... Read more