$5,000 for school improvement projects
Lowe's Toolbox for Education grant program funds school improvement projects initiated by parents in recognition of the importance of parent involvement in education.
Month: July 2010
$250 for aerospace education programs
The Air Force Association Educator Grant Program is designed to promote aerospace education activities and encourage use of innovative aerospace activities within the prescribed curriculum. Each school year,…
Complete classroom A/V system
The Extron Classroom A/V System Grant Program provides increased visibility to K-12 educational technology projects by supplying selected pilot classrooms with advanced audio/video solutions. This grant program aims…
Recognition for extraordinary science educators
The National Science Teachers Association Distinguished Fellow Award recognizes NSTA members who have made extraordinary contributions to science education through personal commitment to education, specifically science teaching or…
Awards for schools committed to character
The National Schools of Character Awards program has a twofold purpose: To identify exemplary schools and districts to serve as models for others; and to help schools and…
Seven proven ways to save on school budgets
Despite some small signs of an economic recovery, states continue to struggle with their budgets—and districts are still finding it necessary to cut costs wherever possible. But such…
New tool shows how arts education boosts 21st century skills
Working with national arts organizations, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) has developed a first-of-its-kind Arts skills map that clearly defines how arts education promotes key 21st-century…
Momentum building for federal online privacy rules
Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., plans to introduce an online privacy bill that would create standards for how consumer information is collected and used for marketing, reports the…
Second lawsuit filed over Lower Merion webcam snooping
A second lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a student whose laptop web camera was secretly and remotely activated by a Pennsylvania school district, reports the Philadelphia…
New Titanic expedition will create 3D map of wreck
A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world's most famous shipwreck and create a detailed…
Ask.com reverts to its Q&A origins
Ask.com, which has tried with scant success to morph itself into a search engine on par with those of Google and Microsoft, is unveiling a new version of…
Disney to buy social-gaming site Playdom
The Walt Disney Co. is buying online social-gaming company Playdom for $563.2 million, the latest sign the company is becoming a formidable player in the digital gaming industry,…
Race to the Top program spurs school-reform debate
The U.S. Department of Education has named 18 states and the District of Columbia as finalists in the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" (RTTT)…
How to survive the school budget crisis
Times are tough, and that’s especially true for education. To help school leaders in this time of need, we’ve put together a special section at eSchool News Online,…
MimioVote assessment system
What if your assessment tool solved problems, instead of creating them? The MimioVote™ assessment system from DYMO has a unique, patent-pending design that's much easier and more intuitive…
In ruling on iPhones, Apple loses a bit of its grip
Apple likes to maintain tight control over what programs can appear on the iPhone--a task that just became a little bit harder, reports the New York Times: The…
NCLB: Are the fixes worse than the flaws?
Parents and teachers don't like it. For many students, it has failed to produce the promised benefits. And experts agree it urgently needs to be fixed. But as…
B-schools all a-Twitter over social media
With interest in social media growing, B-schools are adding courses to teach students what it means for business, BusinessWeek reports. Harvard Business School and Columbia University's Graduate School…
Memo details costly perks and gifts for HISD employees
A recently released memo from the Houston Independent School District's outside law firm details for the first time the gift-giving allegations that landed the district in trouble with…
iPad is changing what’s in a campus store
A recent article in Fortune magazine warns that universities should hate the iPad, because it will infringe on profits in the campus store. But students began changing their…