Win hardware and software worth $85K
To assist these schools and other organizations in their efforts to migrate to Windows 7, Symantec is holding a video contest offering a chance to win $70,000 worth…
Month: December 2010
Awards of up to $425K for college assistance
The purpose of CAMP is to provide academic and financial support to help migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their children complete their first year of college and continue…
Awards to help migrant workers obtain high school equivalency
HEP is to help migrant and seasonal farmworkers and members of their immediate family obtain a general education diploma (GED) that meets the guidelines for high school equivalency…
Paid travel to FETC
This contest calls for teachers to submit their lessons with the most quality instruction elements created in MimioStudio software. MimioStudio software allows teachers to easily create interactive lessons…
$500 awards for music education
This mini-grant program features activities designed by teachers to implement, support, and/or improve their ability to provide quality music education for their students.
$5,000 for those who motivate students
Entrants will also be asked to provide a written statement to the question: “How do you help sharpen kids’ minds?” The answer to this question will not be…
Funds to help individuals enroll in postsecondary school
The purpose of the TS Program is to identify qualified individuals with potential for education at the postsecondary level and encourage them to complete secondary school and undertake…
Obama: U.S. needs ‘Sputnik’ moment to boost competitiveness
Warning of a future where America could lag other nations, President Barack Obama on Dec. 6 called for more spending on education, innovation, and infrastructure to ensure that…
Education fills big space on Brown’s chalkboard
As Gov.-elect Jerry Brown prepares to take office, major headwinds are buffeting the biggest component of his upcoming budget: California's schools, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Obama signs child nutrition bill
President Obama signed a sweeping overhaul of child nutrition standards Monday, enacting a law meant to encourage better eating habits in part by giving the federal government more…
Where education reform is heading: From extreme to extremum
If you want to understand where public education reform is heading, look south and east to Florida, where the governor-elect, Rick Scott, is talking about a new funding…
Teacher-tenure standards raised
The city Department of Education changed its tenure policy yesterday with new rules designed to weed out its bad teachers and reward its best ones with jobs for…
Microsoft to announce new slates aimed at the iPad
Next month, at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft will present a slew of new slates that it hopes will offer some competition to the…
Scandal and a schism rattle Atlanta’s schools
Did any school district in the country have a tougher week than the one in Atlanta? Criminal investigators began digging anew into accusations of widespread cheating on state…
New challenges for Obama’s education agenda in the face of a G.O.P.-led House
With Republican deficit hawks taking control of the House next month, Education Secretary Arne Duncan will no longer have billions of dollars to use at his discretion, reports…
Adults blame parents for education problems
Blaming teachers for low test scores, poor graduation rates and the other ills of American schools has been popular lately, but a new survey wags a finger closer…
Facebook wrestles with free speech and civility
Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and chief executive of Facebook, likes to say that his web site brings people together, helping to make the world a better place. But…
Robot competition takes over CCSU
Hundreds of middle school students from around the state crowded Central Connecticut State University’s Kaiser Hall gymnasium Sunday for the 12th annual Connecticut FIRST Lego League state championship,…
Memo to Facebook: Face up to security responsibilities
Based on the importance of safe social networking, maybe it's time for Facebook and its staff to spend a little more time understanding what may be the most…
What U.S. schools can learn from abroad
U.S. students once again placed near the middle of the pack in the latest international comparisons in reading, math, and science—and the program's organizers have issued a list…
Technology helps save college fundraising
Carefully crafted social media strategies and web videos that tug alumni heartstrings could become a foundation of college fundraising as campus officials use dwindling resources to recover from…
Virginia Tech violated law in 2007 massacre, federal report concludes
According to Politics Daily, Virginia Tech violated federal law by failing to issue "adequate warnings in a timely manner" during a rampage by a student gunman on campus…
US education chief meets NYC’s future chancellor
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Thursday that incoming New York City schools Chancellor Cathie Black "has the potential to be a fantastic leader" and he will do…
Few U.S. adults use Twitter–but those who tweet, tweet often
Seems like just about everyone's tweeting these days, but a new survey finds that for now, only 8 percent of adults in the U.S. are using Twitter, reports…
FCC member questions easy net rules for wireless
A plan to give wireless networks more flexibility than their landline counterparts in proposed internet rules is being questioned by Federal Communications Commission member Mignon Clyburn, Reuters reports.
Zuckerberg and Icahn join Buffett and Gates on giving pledge list
Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook, may be the world’s youngest billionaire. But he’s already pledging to give away most of his wealth, reports DealBook.
730 U.S. schools trying to reinvent themselves
The federal government has enticed 730 schools across the nation to reinvent themselves this school year, and nearly a third have chosen the most difficult paths to get…
Facebook bullies charged after victim tracks them down
When 18-year-old Ally Pfeiffer found a Facebook profile impersonating her and replacing her photograph with a picture of a cow to mock her weight, she cried. However, the…
Is the golden age of education spending finally over?
As America starts to grapple with its out-of-control spending habits, we as a nation really should reckon with our education costs, says Andrew Rotherham for Time.
In digital age, computer science education in U.S. called ‘bleak’
A report from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) finds "scant" computer science education in most elementary and secondary school classrooms…
Tech jobs took hit in 2009, report says
Jobs in technology, like those in virtually every other sector, took a big hit in 2009, according to a report released on Wednesday that is based on the…
Amazon integrates Apple iPhone, iPad and Android with cloud
According to PCWorld, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is making it possible for developers to directly integrate mobile applications for Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, and also apps…
Database of assistive technologies now includes science-related products
Assistive technology devices enable students with disabilities to express what they know, and rapid advancements in technology are helping to "redefine ability and disability," says Milton Chen, senior…
How to spur more technology use in the classroom
Superintendents and educational technology directors discussed how to ensure that technology is integrated into the curriculum during a Dec. 7 webinar sponsored by the Consortium for School Networking.
Touring campuses in three dimensions … from your living room
It doesn’t require airfare or gas money, and students think it’s cool: Three-dimensional virtual campus tours have launched at seven colleges and universities, providing a welcomed alternative to…
Google offers a peek at its Chrome laptop. Hint: It’s an NC
Google gave the world a first look at its new Chrome OS laptop Tuesday and according to CEO Eric Schmidt it's very much like the Network Computer devices…
At California school, parents force an overhaul
More than 250 parents in Compton are using a new state law to force a failing school to be taken over by a charter school operator, the first…
Microsoft unveils new privacy feature for IE
An upcoming version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser will let users add lists of sites that they don't want tracking them, a peace offering amid uproar over…
Surge in US students of Arabic: study
According to the AFP, Arabic was the fastest-growing foreign language for US university study last year, with enrollments growing by more than 46 percent compared to 2006, a…
New York teachers still in idle limbo
For her first assignment of the school year, Verona Gill, a $100,000-a-year special education teacher whom the city is trying to fire, sat around education offices in Lower…