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.
Last fall I was involved with a Zogby International survey, in which 400 K-12 teachers answered all manner of campus security questions. There were some interesting findings. Nearly…
As the technology requirements of teachers, staff, and students at Glassboro Public Schools evolve, we often find the answers to our needs in our existing Schoolwires Centricity web…
Universities pride themselves on giving students the intellectual freedom to explore their academic interests in an open, independent, and safe learning environment. A critical component of this mission…
The Houston Independent School District will implement monitoring software to ensure that district employees abide by federal e-Rate compliance rules, after the district settled a lawsuit with the…
Data indicating that more children are being bullied in and out of school, along with news that a 15-year-old girl committed suicide after being bullied by classmates, have…
Imagine a classroom where the teacher can evaluate and analyze student performance in "real-time." Envision collaborative instruction on one side of a metropolitan area, using team teaching, with…
New Visions is an outside organization contracted by the New York City School District to support schools instructionally. Thus, it is contractually responsible for school performance on student…
The New York Times reports that it sounds like a kamikaze mission: an upstart with a meager number of users and no capital squaring off against Facebook, a…
Google, trying step by step to rebuild everything in the computing industry from internet protocols to cloud-computing services, began a new project called WebM on Wednesday that seeks…
AOL these days fills only a little more than half of its original 1.2 million-square-foot Virginia home, the Washington Post reports. Several of the buildings were recently leased…
There are few experiences short of death, disease, injury or divorce that have as much potential for trauma for American families as the college admissions process, reports the…
The Dallas News reports that social conservatives on the State Board of Education were poised on May 20 to push for a curriculum standard that would encourage high…
All gloves are off between Google and Apple, after the search giant unveiled a host of products to compete with the Cupertino company, PC World reports. Following Google…
Facebook, MySpace and several other social-networking sites have been sending data to advertising companies that could be used to find consumers' names and other personal details, despite promises…
The Associated Press reports that an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer said May 20 his organization is helping two anonymous Twitter users fight an effort by prosecutors to…
CNET reports that the Federal Communications Commission warned May 20 in a new report that the wireless industry is becoming more concentrated. In its annual report on competition,…
Everyone involved with our schools has a role in keeping our campuses safe and secure. That includes teachers, staff, parents, students, and law enforcement.
The recent death of a University of Virginia student and the arrest of her former boyfriend for suspected murder once again casts a shadow over the safety of…
On Dec. 21, 2009, the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) launched a definitive online resource for potential and current educators in West Virginia called Teach West Virginia.…