School district turns snow days into ‘e-days’
A small rural Ohio school district is experimenting with a new version of the traditional snow day -- one that some kids are not likely to enjoy much,…
Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
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Facebook boosts security, allows ‘sponsored stories’
Facebook unveiled new security enhancements on Jan. 26 designed to protect the content of users' profiles, RedOrbit reports. The new security tools include the availability of one-time passwords…
U.K. university awards first Beatles degree
A Canadian woman has become the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in Beatles studies, Reuters reports. Former Miss Canada finalist Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy…
Your professor, your computer, and you
Can students possibly learn more sitting alone, staring at a computer screen for hours on end than they could sitting amongst peers and interacting directly with an expert…
Ohio mom jailed for lying about kids’ school residency
How far would you go to get your children into a better public school? The best intentions of one Ohio woman landed her in jail, AOL News reports.…
Amid economic uncertainty, ed-tech leaders do more with less
Though education budgets might be frozen or face further reductions in school districts from coast to coast, some educational technology leaders have found innovative ways to update their…
Survey: Schools need faster broadband speeds
More than half of school and library respondents in a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) e-Rate survey say they provide some form of wireless internet access for school…
Fifty free Samsung document cameras
Through this grant program, Samsung is looking to award a total of 50 Samsung SAMCAM 860 digital presenters to those schools who could best utilize a document camera…
Free classroom books for students
The Literacy Empowerment Foundation invites schools or other literacy projects to apply for FREE books for Read Across America Day. During the past year, LEF has distributed over…
$10K in scholarships for high school students
Students interested in participating should submit up to a 300 word essay answering the question: “Is technology critical to a live presentation? Or is it just a crutch?”…
$340,000 for science teachers
The Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence (AASTE) is an annual awards program that recognizes extraordinary contributions by K-12 educators across the United States and Canada who are…
Awards for organizations’ performance excellence
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive. The award focuses on performance in…
Up to $25,000 for science and tech projects
The Christopher Columbus Awards is a national, community-based science and technology program for middle school students. The program challenges the students to work in teams of three to…
Up to $5,000 for early childhood development
Organizations with specific, identifiable needs primarily in these areas of support are urged to apply: early childhood education and development that is directly related to creativity, and technology…
$10K for teachers who integrate agriculture into lessons
The Realize Science Technology Grant for Agriculture in the Classroom will award $5,000 worth of cutting edge science education equipment to K-12 teachers across the U.S. this spring.…
$20,000 awards for supporting students studying psychological science
This program provides financial support for efforts aimed at improving the quality of education in psychological science and its application in the secondary schools. Proposals for programs must…
$500K for science teachers
This program offers grants to science teachers for innovative projects that enhance science education in the school and/or school district.
$25K in NEC products
Participating schools must complete a registration form and upload a 2-3 minute video, detailing why the school's classroom needs a technology makeover. Entries should be accompanied by photos…
More than $12K for innovative school solutions
C2i is a web-based, open invitation to all public school educators. It is housed on the Department of Education's Open Innovation Portal. C2i provides public school educators with…
Software and training for one-to-one implementation
This grant will provide schools with planning and assessment support from skilled one-to-one experts using the top tools in the trade.