House panel explores ed tech’s value
A panel of educational technology experts spoke before the members of the House Education and Labor Committee June 16, stressing the importance that technology plays in the classroom…
Month: June 2009
Schools could be clinics for swine flu shots
Schoolchildren could be first in line for swine flu vaccine this fall--and schools are being put on notice that they might even be turned into shot clinics.
Facebook a key to college marketing
Universities are attracting students with coordinated, well-funded social networking campaigns, bringing their campus marketing message to sites such as Facebook without pushing teenagers away with an authoritative approach…
Schools suffer despite stimulus funding
The nearly $100 billion for education in the federal stimulus package is helping school districts staunch the bleeding as the recession gashes their operating budgets. But though state…
Project makes digital video more accessible
A new partnership will expand the availability of closed captioning (CC) and audio description (AD) in multimedia educational content--giving students who are hearing or visually impaired, are English…
‘Storm computing’ gathers just beyond the cloud
Renowned futurist George Gilder first discussed cloud computing with colleagues nearly 20 years ago. Now, Gilder is looking beyond the cloud and predicting a new kind of network…
Layoffs mean city schools will lose a new breed of teachers
By next school year, 2,100 Los Angeles teachers and another 400 support staff are expected to lose their jobs--a 5-percent hit to the nation's second-largest school district behind…
Community college invests in ESL training
Established in 1958 as a part of a statewide system of industrial education centers throughout North Carolina, Alamance Community College (ACC) has grown into a vibrant two-year college…
Online resources help fill schools’ funding gaps
With a national drop in charitable contributions making it harder for schools to raise their needed funds, thousands of PTAs, schools, and nonprofit organizations across the country are…
Survey: Family time eroding as internet use soars
Whether it's around the dinner table or just in front of the TV, U.S. families say they are spending less time together. The decline in family time coincides…
Study paints a bleak picture of art education in U.S. schools
Music and art instruction in American eighth-grade classrooms has remained flat over the last decade, according to a new survey by the U.S. Department of Education, and one…
Online Tutoring To Boost Student Success
Online Tutoring To Boost Student SuccessThanks to No Child Left Behind, schools cannot afford to have their students failing to succeed ... and many are turning to online…
Meet eno and WIN!
PolyVision's breakthrough solution combines the simplicity and ease of a traditional ceramicsteel surface with interactive performance --all without cords, cables or costly installation. ?no also comes with a…
Stimulus funds to advance national standards
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is offering federal cash incentives to achieve one of his top priorities: developing national standards for reading and math to replace a current…
Firm offers video college tours
To narrow down her choice of colleges, high school senior Augusta Jahrsdoerfer did what students have done for generations: take tours of the schools she was interested in.…
Up to $4,000 to antiviolence programs for children
The Women's Division of the General Board of the Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church of offers grants of up to $4,000 for projects and programs addressing…
$400 in teaching supplies for teachers who use insects as educational tools
The Entomological Society of America (ESA) is awarding educators who have gone beyond the traditional teaching methods by using insects as educational tools. One winner will be chosen…
Awards for child and adult poetry promoting peace
The Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award is an annual series of awards to encourage poets to explore and illuminate positive visions of peace and the human spirit.…
$5,000 for schools that serves as a community center
The Richard Riley Award is open to all elementary and secondary public schools that serve as centers of their communities. Teachers, superintendents, students, principals, school business officials, board…
Up to $500 for physics teachers
Offered by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), the Bauder Grant for Support of Physics Teaching provides up to $500 to K-12 teachers for special activities in…