Education Secretary Arne Duncan says schools must make dramatic changes to get money from a special $5 billion "Race to the Top" fund included in the economic stimulus…
The filing window for the 2009-10 e-Rate season might have closed in February, but that doesn't mean applicants' work is done. There are still plenty of follow-up forms…
Across the United States, declining property values and mortgage foreclosures have led to huge losses in property tax revenues, forcing schools to trim budgets, freeze hiring, and in…
A $4.1 million computer program designed to put Prince George's County, Md., students' grades, attendance, and discipline data online has been plagued with errors in its first year,…
Miramonte High School Technology Coordinator Cheryl Davis was named one of six winners of a Google contest to create a lesson plan using Google Earth's new ancient Rome…
Online learning offers a lifeline--especially for rural schools, according to a recent study that also predicts "blended learning" could be the way most students learn in the future.…
A California lawmaker's proposal to require internet mapping services to blur detailed images of schools, colleges, hospitals, and other potential terrorist targets has generated a great deal of…
Next month, New York City's education department will conduct what election officials are billing as the first exclusively online public election in the United States, reports the New…
A March 12 hearing before Pennsylvania's Senate Education Committee was dominated by debate over funding for the state's cyber charter schools, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Despite the economic turmoil, Maine is expanding its program to provide laptop computers to students. Maine started its first-in-the-nation program by distributing more than 30,000 computers to each…
Massive "botnet" networks -- armies of infected computers formed by spreading a computer virus that orders compromised machines to phone home for further instructions, such as sending out…
The program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, supports local efforts to enhance the oral language, cognitive, and early reading skills of preschool-aged children, especially those from…
K-12 teachers who develop or apply science, mathematics, and technology in their curriculum are invited to apply for a grant of up to $200 per request to supplement…
Schools are being offered a $2,500 Education Resource voucher to two schools that are are best at implementing technology for the advancement of student learning. Applicants are asked…
Thacher Scholars Awards are given to secondary school students that demonstrate the best use of geospatial technologies or data to study Earth. Eligible geospatial tools and data include…
Lenovo and Orchard Software are calling on students between ages 8 and 18 to enter their Listen to a Life essay contest. To enter, students must interview a…
Stimulating Achievement: Your Guide to Ed FundingLearn how to make wise spending decisions and keep track of school needs as stimulus funds become available.
Officials with the Carl Junction R-1 School District in Missouri say computer hackers apparently were able to transfer nearly $200,000 out of the district's bank account, reports the…
German police say they've made great strides toward developing a profile of the gunman in the March 11 school shooting spree that killed 15 people, but one key…
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