Air filters are playing a big part in safe school reopening plans
Returning to class safely amid the rampant spread of the delta variant, combined with low vaccination rates, requires steps like masking—and using air filters
$100,000 from Able Information Technologies to eight Arizona schools
Able Information Technologies has completed a contest to reward Arizona schools for their exemplary use of technology to improve education. The contest, which awarded $100,000 worth of prizes…
$300,000 in middle school scholarships and grants from Raytheon
Raytheon Co. of Waltham, Mass., celebrated Math Awareness Month in April by awarding $1,000 scholarships to 150 middle school students and matching grants to the students' schools. The…
$550,000 from Toyota to 82 science teachers nationwide
Toyota Motor Sales USA has announced $550,000 in Toyota TAPESTRY grants to 82 teachers in grades K-12 nationwide for their outstanding science project proposals. The winners were chosen…
$600,000 from the National Governors Association to improve low-performing schools
The National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices has awarded grants of $150,000 to Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Mississippi to support the development of a comprehensive strategy aimed…
Allow plenty of time for writing federal grant proposals
One question I'm frequently asked during my grant-writing workshops is, "Just how long does it take to write a federal grant proposal?" My response is usually 60 to…
Economic woes could reduce technology in K-12 classrooms
A report released by the American Association of School Administrators reveals that many school budgets will be cut during the 2009-10 school year because of reduced funding --…
Should teachers, kids be digital ‘friends’?
With online social networks and similar tools rocketing in popularity, some teachers have started using these tools to build rapport, update students on classroom activities, and keep an…
Bill would fund internet safety education
A federal lawmaker has introduced internet safety legislation that, if passed, would authorize roughly $175 million--$35 million a year for five years--for internet safety education and training to…
UN agency seeks protection for children online
The UN telecommunications agency is drawing up guidelines to protect children from sexual predators operating on the internet, cyber bullying, and the temptations of online commerce, AFP reports.
North Carolina lawmakers want kids out of Google images
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton and legislators from Charlotte and Raleigh on May 19 joined a child internet safety group as one of its leaders called for…
Facebook users hooked in new ‘phishing’ scam
Facebook on May 15 was blocking links to bogus web sites set up to look like the home page of the popular online social network in a "phishing"…
Assistant principal is first NYC swine flu death
A school assistant principal who was sick for several days with swine flu on May 17 became the city's first death linked to the virus and the nation's…
Fumes from bottle sicken students at Ill. school
Authorities in the Chicago suburb of Lockport, Ill., locked down a high school campus after mysterious fumes from a bottle left in a hallway sent 13 students to…
Camera modified into stun gun found at school
A student at a Michigan school district learned to convert a disposable camera into a makeshift stun gun by watching a YouTube video and used the device on…
Amazon cloud offer appeals to colleges
David J. Malan's Harvard University computer science students completed projects last fall that would have proved difficult -- if not impossible -- without cloud computing. Malan secured a…
Amazon cloud offer appeals to colleges
David J. Malan's Harvard University computer science students completed projects last fall that would have proved difficult -- if not impossible -- without cloud computing. Malan secured a…
Six tips for securing federal stimulus money for your schools
The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has provided unprecedented levels of federal funding for education, and it has prompted most grant writers across…
Three sticking points could stunt stimulus education reform
President Obama is asking states to make education reforms in exchange for nearly $40 billion in stimulus funds for schools. But his aspirations might be on a collision…
Obama warns of more school closings
As worries of a possible pandemic intensified April 29 amid reports of the first death in the United States from swine flu, President Obama said school leaders should…
Universities mobilize against pandemic threat
University-based research that helped authorities understand avian flu in 2006 could help mitigate the spread of swine flu in the United States, and higher-education officials are crediting the…
This Land: Ohio Serenade
The New York Times reports that in Newark, Ohio, a shifting economic landscape is affecting even the town's high school musicians.
Justices hear arguments over school strip search
A lawyer for a 13-year-old Arizona girl strip-searched by school officials looking for prescription-strength ibuprofen pills has told the Supreme Court that the administrators needed better information than…
Teen sues over stimulus funds
A South Carolina high school student on Thursday asked the state's highest court to quickly clear the way for millions of federal stimulus dollars to flow to schools…
Wanted: Computer hackers … for hire
Tech-savvy students, take heed: Computer hackers are wanted by federal authorities, but not for prosecution. Instead, the government is looking to hire so-called "white hat" hackers to secure…
Feds, tech giants team up to protect kids online
The Department of Homeland Security and several tech giants are teaming up to launch a nationwide volunteer program that will put tech pros in K-12 classrooms to make…
California first state to receive stimulus funds
Education Secretary Arne Duncan on April 17 released nearly $4 billion to California, the first state to benefit from a special fund for states that was created by…
Columbine’s lessons still sharp, a decade later
A decade after two students opened fire at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colo., killing 13 and injuring dozens more before turning the guns on themselves, the…
10 years later, the real story behind Columbine
A decade after Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold made Columbine a synonym for rage, new information indicates that much of what the public has been told about the…
School stimulus money is ‘falling off the truck’
Educators across the country are counting on a federal stimulus windfall to prevent teacher layoffs and improve schools. But while Washington is giving, some state and local governments…
Wyoming gets stimulus funds for cleaner school bus emissions
Wyoming's school bus passengers will breathe a little easier thanks to a $1.73 million grant from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to clean up diesel emissions, reports…
Online-learning grant program eliminated
Higher-education officials will have to seek new avenues for funding and seed money for online programs after the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced this week that its online-education…
Online-learning grant program eliminated
Higher-education officials will have to seek new avenues for funding and seed money for online programs after the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced this week that its online-education…
School officials use Facebook to monitor students
As high school students flock to social networking sites, campus police are scanning their Facebook and MySpace pages for tips to help break up fights, monitor gangs, and…
Columbine 10 years later: Lessons learned
