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Everything a school library should be--and how to get your school library there

School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. It’s in school libraries where students often discover and hone their love of coding and programming, create amazing projects via makerspaces, and where they develop important 21st-century skills.

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Teaching Trends

Report: Online learning a ‘lifeline’ in rural areas

March 21, 2011March 17, 2009 by From staff and wire reports
Online learning offers a lifeline--especially for rural schools, according to a recent study that also predicts "blended learning" could be the way most students learn in the future.…
Teaching Trends

Parent voting for school councils is moving online

March 16, 2009 by ESchool News
Next month, New York City's education department will conduct what election officials are billing as the first exclusively online public election in the United States, reports the New…
Teaching Trends

Funding for cyber charter schools at issue

March 16, 2009 by ESchool News
A March 12 hearing before Pennsylvania's Senate Education Committee was dominated by debate over funding for the state's cyber charter schools, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Teaching Trends

Up to $4.5 million to fund pre-school reading programs

March 13, 2009 by ESchool News
The program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, supports local efforts to enhance the oral language, cognitive, and early reading skills of preschool-aged children, especially those from…
Teaching Trends

$200 for STEM teachers

March 13, 2009 by ESchool News
K-12 teachers who develop or apply science, mathematics, and technology in their curriculum are invited to apply for a grant of up to $200 per request to supplement…
Teaching Trends

$2,500 to purchase products from the Education Resource catalog

March 13, 2009 by ESchool News
Schools are being offered a $2,500 Education Resource voucher to two schools that are are best at implementing technology for the advancement of student learning. Applicants are asked…
Teaching Trends

Up to $2,000 for high school students

March 13, 2009 by ESchool News
Thacher Scholars Awards are given to secondary school students that demonstrate the best use of geospatial technologies or data to study Earth. Eligible geospatial tools and data include…
Teaching Trends

More than $25,000-worth of Orchard software and a Lenovo ThinkCentre

March 13, 2009 by ESchool News
Lenovo and Orchard Software are calling on students between ages 8 and 18 to enter their Listen to a Life essay contest. To enter, students must interview a…
Teaching Trends

Empowering Education Through Technology

March 13, 2009 by ESchool News
Empowering Education Through TechnologyIntegrating technology into the classroom can be a challenge without the right guidance.
Teaching Trends

Stimulating Achievement: Your Guide to Ed Funding

March 13, 2009 by ESchool News
Stimulating Achievement: Your Guide to Ed FundingLearn how to make wise spending decisions and keep track of school needs as stimulus funds become available.
Teaching Trends

Teens honored for their science prowess

March 13, 2009 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor
The Washington, D.C.-based Society for Science and the Public honored the 2009 winners of the Intel Science Talent Search on March 10, recognizing 40 high school seniors for…
Teaching Trends

New fed funding for ed tech nears $1 billion

March 12, 2009 by From staff and wire reports
New federal funding for education technology approaches $1 billion. The federal Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program will receive nearly $270 million for fiscal year 2009, thanks to…
Teaching Trends

Schools should see stimulus funds next month

March 11, 2009 by By Dennis Pierce, Managing Editor
School districts should begin receiving billions of dollars in stimulus funding within a few weeks, and administrators are advised to "spend carefully" and keep detailed records of their…
Teaching Trends

Police shoot gunman who killed 15 in Germany

March 11, 2009 by From staff and wire reports
A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people before police shot him to…
Teaching Trends

Schools try separating boys from girls

March 11, 2009 by ESchool News
Single-sex classes are being tried as an experiment to address sagging test scores and behavioral problems in a growing number of schools nationwide, reports the New York Times.
Teaching Trends

Montana legislators back K-12 distance learning

March 11, 2009 by ESchool News
State lawmakers in Montana have endorsed a measure to create a new distance-learning program that would give students in every school district virtual access to both basic and…
Teaching Trends

Obama decision on stem cells cheers scientists

March 10, 2009 by ESchool News
President Barack Obama's decision to lift the contentious Bush-era restraints on stem-cell research came with a larger message for all scientists: Follow the data, not political ideology, reports…
Teaching Trends

Lawsuit tackles school sports webcasts

March 10, 2009 by From staff and wire reports
The association that oversees high school sports in Wisconsin is suing the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and one of its papers, the Post-Crescent of Appleton, Wis., in a dispute…
Teaching Trends

Teachers pair up for March 11 space shot

March 10, 2009 by From staff and wire reports
Two science teachers who have spent the past five years under NASA's tutelage are about to graduate with high-flying honors. Key words: science teachers, NASA, space shuttle
Teaching Trends

Obama wants to increase federal role in lending

March 10, 2009 by From staff and wire reports
President Obama last week proposed a huge expansion of the government's role in making college more affordable and putting it within reach of more students. The move --…
Teaching Trends

Obama overturns Bush policy on stem cells

March 10, 2009 by From staff and wire reports
Reversing a policy established under George W. Bush, President Barack Obama on March 9 cleared the way for a significant increase in federal dollars for embryonic stem-cell research,…
Teaching Trends

Microsoft offers tech training to fill 21st-century jobs

March 9, 2009 by ESchool News
During the National Governors Association conference in Washington, D.C., last month, software giant Microsoft Corp. announced a new initiative, called Elevate America, that aims to provide up to…
Teaching Trends

U.S. to nation’s schools: Spend fast, keep receipts

March 9, 2009 by ESchool News
The New York Times reports that Education Secretary Arne Duncan sent a message to the nation's school officials last week saying, in effect: Heads up! We'll be sending…
Teaching Trends

Teen-created Muziic likely to irk YouTube

March 9, 2009 by ESchool News
A 15-year-old has created a free-music service by harnessing YouTube's vast library of music videos--and that could rankle YouTube owner Google Inc., CNET reports.
Teaching Trends

Texting in class sparks bill to ban cell phones

March 6, 2009 by ESchool News
A debate over Iowa students and their cell phones has shifted from the classroom to the Capitol, reports the Des Moines Register.
Teaching Trends

Podcast trumps lecture in one college study

March 6, 2009 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
The ability to pause and rewind podcast lectures gave the upper hand to college students in a recent study that compared the performance of students who attended a…
Teaching Trends

Debate arises between proponents of ‘core knowledge’ vs. ’21st-century skills’

March 5, 2009 by ESchool News
A small group of outspoken education scholars is challenging the assumption that students need to be taught 21st-century skills, saying the push for these skills is taking a…
Teaching Trends

District wants to provide wireless network to poor students

March 5, 2009 by ESchool News
The Plano, Texas, school district is looking for a way to close the digital divide between poor students and their peers. School officials envision a wireless internet network…
Teaching Trends

Subscription-based cloud helps Pike County extend computers to more students

June 2, 2010March 4, 2009 by By Cara Erenben
Through a subscription-based cloud-computing model, Kentucky's Pike County Schools brought its student-to-computer ratio down to 2 to 1 without spending millions of dollars. Key words: cloud-computing, student-to-computer ratio
Teaching Trends

Virtual Computing Laboratory delivers IT resources on demand

March 4, 2009 by By Cara Erenben
At North Carolina State University (NCSU), requesting IT services couldn't be simpler, thanks to cloud-computing. Key words: cloud-computing, higher education cloud-computing
Teaching Trends

630 servers, one machine: Cloud computing on a mainframe

April 24, 2011March 4, 2009 by By Cara Erenben
An upstate New York college sees great economic advantage by running cloud computing on a mainframe. Key words: cloud computing, higher education cloud computing
Teaching Trends

School, district web sites lag behind competitors

March 4, 2009 by By Nora Carr
School web sites should lead the way when it comes to showcasing student work and sharing school news and information.
Teaching Trends

Google Earth now allows exploration of oceans, Mars

March 4, 2009 by ESchool News
Google Inc. has launched a new version of its Google Earth software that allows users to explore the oceans, view images of Mars, and watch regions of the…
Teaching Trends

SunGard division purchases K-12 software maker

March 4, 2009 by ESchool News
Software company SunGard Data Systems Inc. said its Florida-based Public Sector business unit has acquired Performance Pathways Inc., which provides instructional management software for K-12 school districts, reports…
Teaching Trends

Web site turns school ties into job opportunities

March 4, 2009 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
In a job market contracting every month, professional connections can be the difference between landing an interview or continuing an arduous job search. That's why the co-founders of…
Teaching Trends

New Jersey students get homework help online

March 3, 2009 by ESchool News
If students in Pennsville Township, N.J., are stumped by a tough homework assignment, now they can connect with expert tutors via the internet, reports Today's Sunbeam of Salem…
Teaching Trends

Laws keep schools from using endowments

March 3, 2009 by From staff and wire reports
Universities and other nonprofit organizations in two dozen states face a frustrating quandary: They might have the money they need to save jobs, offer scholarships, invest in campus…
Teaching Trends

Various awards for nonprofit organizations

March 2, 2009 by ESchool News
The Entertainment Software Association Foundation is dedicated to supporting positive programs and opportunities that make a difference in the quality of life, health and welfare of America's youth.…
Teaching Trends

Classroom makeovers worth $10,000 for certified teachers

March 2, 2009 by ESchool News
To encourage teachers at elementary schools nationwide to help their students learn valuable and potentially life-saving lessons, Honeywell and NCMEC launched the Got 2B Safe! Contest in 2005…
Teaching Trends

$8,000 for graduate students

March 2, 2009 by ESchool News
The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program of the National Academies is designed to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, public policy, and law…
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