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…