Unease grows about future of financing for Pell grants
With the lame-duck Congress winding down and a $5.7 billion gap in financing looming for next year’s Pell grants--and a further $8 billion gap for the following year--there…
Month: December 2010
F.C.C. is set to regulate net access
The Federal Communications Commission appears poised to pass a controversial set of rules that broadly create two classes of Internet access, one for fixed-line providers and the other…
Task force proposes changes for preschool education
A task force charged with improving early childhood education in Kentucky is recommending the state develop a model curriculum for preschool programs and implement a screening tool for…
Infographic: Facebook vs. Twitter 2010 user stats
Facebook and Twitter are the big boys in the social networking space. This breakdown was put together by Digital Surgeons and shows demographic statistics (and a few fun…
Classroom license helps California Partnership Academy satisfy state requirements
The Westlake Information Technology Academy (WIT) is a California Partnership Academy that combines high quality academic instruction with work-based learning experiences. WIT is a unique “school within a…
Enhancing classroom instruction with collaborative technologies
Today’s students are raised in a completely different technology-rich world than previous generations. Typewriters are non-existent and cursive writing is becoming an art of the past. For our…
Immigration vote leaves Obama’s policy in disarray
The vote by the Senate on Saturday to block a bill to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant students was a painful setback to…
Mental health needs seen growing at colleges
National surveys show that nearly half of the students who visit counseling centers are coping with serious mental illness, more than double the rate a decade ago. More…
Learn HTML5, JavaScript and CSS with Mozilla’s free “School of Webcraft”
Mozilla is getting ready for the January semester of School of Webcraft, a 100% free developer training resource run in partnership with Peer 2 Peer University, Mashable reports.
‘Big App’ is watching you, with iPhone worse offender than Android
Your smartphone may be secretly transmitting to “outsiders,” such as ad networks, your name, your location, your age, your gender, your phone number, your unique device number and…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg starts China visit
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg started a visit to China on Monday with a tour of the offices of the country's top search engine, while his own…
Opinion: A nation being left behind
President Obama is absolutely right: America can’t afford to dither while other countries pass us by. But his message will be a hard sell to a House of…
Coach: iPhone app helped save a player’s life
A quick-thinking high school basketball coach and a $1.99 iPhone application called Phone Aid are being credited with saving the life of a Southern California teenager who collapsed…
IBM predicts five big tech innovations coming by 2015
We already know that tablets are going to take a bite out of PC sales and robots will take over social networks, but what else is happening in…
To attract the next Google, the city seeks a new college
Worried that New York City is not spawning enough technology-based start-up companies with the potential to become big employers like Google, city officials are inviting universities around the…
How Twitter use has changed, from 2009 to 2010
It's been a good year for Twitter, and not merely because the company announced yesterday it has secured another huge round of funding, reports ReadWriteWeb.
Jackson Browne: Singer, L.A. charter school board member
Jackson Browne is a commercially successful and critically acclaimed musician. He is also a longtime activist on causes ranging from Tibetan independence to opposing nuclear power. And now…
Survey: Parents start to see TV, internet the same
No TV for a week, the time-honored punishment for misbehaving children, has been enhanced. Now, parents are also withholding internet access to punish their kids, further sign that…
Commerce Department tackles online privacy
Aiming to set ground rules for companies that collect personal data online and use that information for marketing purposes, the U.S. Commerce Department is calling for the creation…
Dan Domenech talks about the future of technology in schools
Daniel A. Domenech, AASA Executive Director, serves as national spokesperson and advocate for public education, superintendents and other school system leaders. He also provides thought leadership in the…
Dan Domenech and the future of technology in schools
Daniel A. Domenech, AASA Executive Director, serves as national spokesperson and advocate for public education, superintendents and other school system ... Read more
Fla. school board shooter had turbulent life
Clay Duke held a Bay City, Florida school board at gunpoint Tuesday, saying he was prepared to die. He fired at board members, missing them by inches, and…
College-educated and illegal: Immigrants pin job hopes on DREAM Act
The DREAM Act would offer legal status and a path to citizenship to children and young adults who were brought to the US illegally and who attend college…
Los Angeles schools to seek sponsors
The football field at a public school here, in the second largest school district in the country, soon may be brought to students by Nike, reports the New…
Education colleges to be put to test
Ohio will soon become the first state in the nation to grade colleges on how well they train teachers to help students succeed, reports the Columbus Dispatch.
Early applicants more likely to gain college admission
High school seniors who apply to college early--through "Early Decision" or "Early Action" programs with fall deadlines--are more likely to receive admission letters than those who apply using…
Home labs on the rise for the fun of science
Some people who set up home laboratories are serious hobbyists in search of better tools; others are home-schooling parents equipping their children; and others are just curious, report…
Instructing online instructors
Tammy Hall encourages first-time online instructors to ready themselves for any and all student questions on the first day of class, knowing that no amount of prep can…
Report focuses on boosting high school graduation rate
Higher standards, better data use, and more parent engagement are among the strategies responsible for the first significant improvement in America's high school graduation rate in 40 years,…
Edmodo: A free, secure social networking site for schools
Teachers seeking online communication and collaboration opportunities with students and other educators have another free resource at their disposal: Edmodo, an education-based social networking site.
Demographic shifts require changes in school communication
Unprecedented demographic shifts in the U.S. are creating a communications gap between teachers, principals, and the students and families they serve, forcing educators to rethink their school communication…
U.S. public wants an easier way to fire bad teachers
An overwhelming majority of Americans are frustrated that it's too difficult to get rid of bad teachers, while most also believe that teachers aren't paid enough, a new…
Gunman fires at Fla. school board, kills self
A 56-year-old ex-convict calmly held a school board at gunpoint and said he was seeking redress for his wife's firing before shooting at the superintendent at short range…
Purdue and Verizon partner to bring 4G to campus
Purdue University will join the 38 major metropolitan areas and more than 60 commercial airports that Verizon plans to cover in the first large-scale 4G Long Term Evolution…
U.S. gov’t worker pleads guilty to accessing student files
According to PCWorld, a former employee of the U.S. Department of Education has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing confidential loan files of several hundred college students on an…
Report: Only one percent of ‘bad’ schools turn around
A study out Tuesday underlines just how hard it is to actually turn around a failing school, reports the Christian Science Monitor.
Former Prime Minister of Britain embarks on a global opportunity at N.Y.U.
Gordon Brown was at New York University, where he talked about his new book, led a discussion with selected students and eased into the Greenwich Village institution that…
Time names Mark Zuckerberg 2010 Person of the Year
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of The Facebook social networking site that has more than half a billion users, was named Time magazine's 2010 Person of the…
$300,000 for young social innovators
This new annual awards program to honor individuals under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in their fields and who show creativity, commitment, and extraordinary accomplishment…
Up to $1M for library services
National Leadership Grants support projects that have the potential to elevate museum, archival, and library practice within the context of national strategic initiatives. The Institute seeks to advance…