Win a FREE Tour of the Grad School of Your Dreams
From August 16 through October 16, 2009, students can enter The Princeton Review’s Dream School Tour Giveaway and win the grand prize—a trip to their top-choice medical, law,…
Month: August 2009
New school week could have technology twist
Minnesota's Kingsland Public Schools is considering an alternative school schedule in which students would spend four days in a traditional classroom setting with the fifth day of instruction…
Web startup offers an easy way to donate unwanted gift cards to schools
Plastic Jungle, an online marketplace for unused gift cards, now allows people to donate the full value of unwanted cards to classroom projects through DonorsChoose.org, reports the New…
Panelists to FCC: Raise e-Rate funding cap
The e-Rate can play a significant role in the national broadband plan being developed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), panelists said during an Aug. 20 hearing--but for…
Tech director helps bring women into IT
A German literature major never anticipates a career in information technology, but Deborah Keyek-Franssen's unconventional career path isn't so uncommon among female IT officials on college campuses, she…
Virtual 3-D lab aims to stimulate learning
Students at a Baltimore County high school this fall will explore the area surrounding Mount St. Helens in a vehicle that can morph from an aircraft to a…
Schools, families clash over autism service dogs
Two autistic elementary school students recently won court orders in Illinois allowing their dogs to accompany them to school. Their lawsuits follow others in California and Pennsylvania over…
Deals365.us aims to displaying top coupons, discount codes
Deals365.us aims to displaying top coupons, discount codes and promotional codes from a variety of top branded online stores and merchants to make it easier for you to…
Friendship ‘boot camp’ helps autistic teens cope
A new 14-week "boot camp" is helping autistic teens recognize the social cues most of us take for granted every day, enabling them to make new friends and…
12th Annual Beloit College Mindset List Announced Via Webcast
Beloit College announced its 12th annual Mindset List via webcast using Mediasite Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management,…
ACLU cautions school officials on student use of web, phones
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has sent letters to school administrators throughout the state as a preemptive strike against harsh punishments and criminal charges against students…
Schools gear up for swine flu shots
Hundreds of schools are heeding the government's call to set up flu-shot clinics this fall, preparing for what could be the most widespread school vaccinations since the days…
Site spurs debate over required courses
Should American colleges and universities require students to take courses in certain core subjects considered important to a 21st-century education, such as science, economics, history, and foreign languages?…
$650M in new grants target innovation
U.S. schools will have a chance this fall to compete for part of $650 million in new "innovation" funds that are intended to reward districts that have designed…
Coupons4save.com announces new stores for more Coupon Codes & Promotions
Coupons4save.com, a unique shopping resource for online coupons, promotion, discount and coupon codes for retailers and service providers
Google rivals to fight book-scanning settlement
The fight against a legal settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of copyrighted books is starting to resemble a heavyweight brawl in the…
A Quick tour of GatewayTechnoLabs – An offshore software development company
Gateway Technolabs is leading offshore software Development Company having more than 800 + IT professional and 11 global offices in USA, UK, Denmark etc..
A gift they’ll love or hate
Who would have thought that a high vitamin protein spread,which is effectively a by-product of beer brewing, could stir up such contention in the kitchen?
SLPS Missing Property
Thousands of dollars worth of school supplies and musical equipment is missing from St. Louis Public School--the worst part? SLPC has no idea where the missing supplies are…
Video from the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF)
The statistics are staggering. More than half our nation's teaching workforce is quickly approaching retirement age.
