Ohio governor’s budget plan includes union limits
In another move that would limit the influence of organized labor in the state, Ohio Gov. John Kasich has proposed exempting universities from a requirement that they pay…
Month: March 2011
Meteoric Twitter serving a billion tweets every week
Twitter is extremely popular. You know it. We know it. Another news story reiterating that fact perhaps isn’t necessary, The Tech Herald reports. That being said, certain major…
Claim: Google Apps for Education inaccessible to blind students
An advocacy group has filed a complaint with the federal government accusing New York University (NYU) and Northwestern University of discriminating against the blind by adopting Google’s eMail…
Mobile learning, online communities take the spotlight
During its annual conference in New Orleans March 15, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) launched two new initiatives: one to help school leaders understand how to lead…
Obama pledges crackdown on cyber bullying
President Barack Obama paved the way for victims of cyber bullying and their families to speak candidly about how school bullying has affected their lives in profound ways…
Experts: Use national budget crisis as an opportunity
In the opening session for the Consortium for School Networking’s annual conference, held this year in New Orleans, the theme was "Mastering the Moment," which referred to the…
$600K awards to strengthen STEM
This program aims to strengthen predominantly black institutions to carry out programs in the following areas: science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM); health education; internationalization or globalization; teacher…
Up to $1.8M for history education
This program supports the establishment of Presidential Academies for Teaching of American History and Civics (Presidential Academies) that offer workshops for both veteran and new teachers of American…
$1M to help parents of children with disabilities
This program helps to ensure that parents of children with disabilities receive training and information to help improve results for their children.
Funding for education and special education
The central purpose of the Institute's research grant programs is to provide parents, educators, students, researchers, policymakers, and the general public with reliable and valid information about education…
Free classroom robotics sets
To mark the unveiling of the RoboRescue Challenge, Pitsco Education is awarding eight event sets valued at $800 each: four to participating teams in each of the two…
Classroom books and prizes for participation in vocabulary webcast
The WordGirl Definition Competition from Scholastic is a way to engage your students with vocabulary words in an entertaining and interactive context. During the 30-minute, live webcast, students…
Student leaders needed for community projects
Thirty students, ages 17-20, from across the United States and Canada comprise the State Farm Youth Advisory Board. They are charged with helping State Farm design and implement…
As library eBooks live long, publisher sets expiration date
The value of this magically convenient library book — otherwise known as an eBook — is the subject of a fresh and furious debate in the publishing world,…
Today decides fate of emergency financial manager bill
Legislation that would give broad new powers to emergency managers appointed to guide financially struggling cities and schools in Michigan is close to becoming law, reports ClickOnDetroit.com. The…
Threats to traveling data
With small and fast laptops, powerful smartphones, tablets and readily available Wi-Fi, working on the road — on planes, in airports and hotel rooms — has never been…
AT&T puts broadband users on monthly allowance
AT&T broadband users will soon face a cap on the amount of internet data they can download a month, Wired reports. Traditional DSL users will be capped at…
Hewlett-Packard hikes dividend, outlines strategy
Hewlett-Packard Co. says it plans to increase its dividend for the first time in over a decade and one day soon sell "cloud computing" services to the public,…
How to handle campus crises in the digital age
Pepperdine University President Andrew Benton told higher-education officials March 7 in Washington, D.C. that they should be wary of contact with journalists covering campus emergencies such as fires…
Software helps personalize math instruction
K-12 math instruction is undergoing fundamental changes as individualized adaptive learning programs combine with lessons meant to keep students of all ages engaged and interested.