Rulings on MySpace suspensions leave more questions than answers
Risk assessments are awful, but necessary
Here are 5 ways to improve risk assessments in your district
Viewpoint: The future of education lies in the cloud
Calls to improve K-12 education are routine. Business leaders, educators, and other stakeholders demand that our children acquire the knowledge and skills needed to grow our rapidly evolving…
Colleges fight attempts to allow weapons
Arizona college officials are trying to ward off an attempt by state lawmakers to let some teachers carry concealed weapons onto their campuses, reports the Arizona Daily Sun.
Washington state achievement tests go online
Washington officials say 364 middle schools will give state achievement tests online this spring, reports the Associated Press.
Teens’ social media use on the rise, but fewer are blogging
The use of social-networking web sites among young Americans continues to climb—but fewer teens and young adults are blogging now than four years ago, and the number of…
Students use iPods, iPhones to grade Obama’s address
It's the stuff that makes political pollsters salivate: 30 Abilene Christian University students used iPhones and iPod Touches to respond to President Obama's Jan. 27 State of the…
Textbook firms ink e-deals for iPad
Major textbook publishers have struck deals with software company ScrollMotion Inc. to adapt their textbooks for the electronic page, as the industry embraces a hope that digital devices…
UCLA partners with Clicker to fight campus file sharing
Students at UCLA don't have to rely on illegal file-sharing sites to get their fix of online TV anymore, reports the New York Times, thanks to a new…
Kindles, iPads could be textbooks in new Georgia state bill
Could Kindles, iPads, and other reading devices soon be as common in Georgia schools as textbooks? Maybe, if a bill passed by the state Senate is approved in…
Report reveals spike in online course enrollment
The 2009 Sloan-C report on online education confirmed what campus officials have seen during the country’s economic downturn: Americans are flocking to web-based classes.
New ed-tech tools and techniques mark FETC 2010
Free online tools that can save teachers time, new innovations that could make online learning more accessible, and keen insight into how educators can let students take responsibility…
Wrongful ISP piracy suspension raises questions
If internet service providers are going to become copyright police, then a recent case involving a Colorado woman suggests there's a need for better safeguards to prevent people…
Blind law student wins computer aid for bar exam
A blind law student can use computer-assisted reading devices in next month's bar exam, a federal judge has ruled, rejecting the examiners' arguments that the assistance was too…
Good night moon, hello new rocket technology
President Barack Obama is redirecting America's space program, killing NASA's $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon and using much of that money for new rocket…
FY11 budget plan folds ed tech into new program
President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2011 calls for sweeping changes to programs within the U.S. Department of Education, including a restructuring of federal education technology…
Apple’s approach to eBooks could be problematic
Even as Apple's iPad is poised energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move…
Obama to seek sweeping change in NCLB rewrite
The Obama administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of President Bush’s signature education law, No Child Left Behind, and will call for broad changes in how schools are…
High-achieving high school rocked by hacking scandal
Students at a top public high school in Potomac, Md., hacked into the school's computer system and changed class grades, and officials are investigating how widespread the damage…
CompassLearning bought by private investment firm
Educational software company CompassLearning has been purchased by Marlin Equity Partners, a move that CEO Eric Loeffel said will give the company greater flexibility in a fast-paced market…
Future of eReading might not be iPad, but Blio
Despite all the buzz about Apple’s iPad tablet and how it could be useful for reading electronic textbooks, a new software program on the way might hold even…
Wireless mic frequency change could affect schools
Schools and colleges that use wireless microphones operating on the 700 megahertz (MHz) frequency band have until June 12 to change the radio frequency or buy new equipment,…
FETC 2010: Audio-Visual Systems
Blonder Tongue Laboratories displayed its DVS-400 video server designed for broadcasting applications, which the company said is essentially a digital ... Read more
FETC 2010: Online Learning Communities
eChalk, which sells online communication and collaboration tools to connect K-12 communities, unveiled its newest release, eChalk 10.0. The software ... Read more
FETC 2010: Hardware
Computer manufacturer Asus showcased products ranging from mini-notebooks to high-powered desktop replacements. These include the Eee PC Series of lightweight, ... Read more
FETC 2010: Instruction & Assessment
American Education Corp., a provider of research-based, core curriculum instructional software for kindergarten through adult learners, will release a series ... Read more
FETC 2010: Security
Absolute Software said its Computrace LoJack for Laptops service, which helps schools recover lost or stolen laptops, now includes remote ... Read more
FETC 2010: Training & Consulting
AutismPro said Vermont’s Rutland City Public Schools has incorporated its software to support its autism and special-needs intervention program. AutismPro ... Read more
Online language-learning programs thriving
With the growth of broadband connectivity and social networks, companies have introduced a wide range of internet-based language learning products, both free and fee-based, that allow students to…
Texas county uses GPS tracking to keep kids from skipping school
Montgomery County, Texas, is using Global Positioning System technology to keep track of truants to make sure they’re not skipping school, KIAH-TV of Houston reports.
iPhone users can now make internet-based calls
Users of Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone now might be able to save money by making internet-based phone calls over AT&T Inc.'s cellular network, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Experts say NCLB rewrite will be hard this year
In his State of the Union address, President Obama held out the hope of overhauling the main law outlining the federal role in public schools, a sprawling 45-year-old…
eSchool News names winners of 2010 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards
A technology incentive program that is reducing the dropout rate and closing the digital divide; an online-learning program that has solved the challenge of declining student enrollment: These…
Commentary: A new era in school district leadership
Skillful leaders are able to articulate their vision clearly and inspire their communities to action—and the winners of our annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards epitomize this idea.
New tools will make online courses more accessible
Florida Virtual School, a pioneer in K-12 online learning, is adding to its reputation as a national innovator with the introduction of read-aloud functionality and other accessibility tools…
Visual learning a key strategy for helping students succeed
Software that takes a visual approach to teaching math has led to double-digit gains in the test scores of Orange County, Calif., students—and the software’s maker was one…
Software shows students’ full test history
School data systems are getting more sophisticated, a perusal of exhibitors at the 2010 Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) suggested—and at least two companies now offer systems that…
November to educators: Let students use online social tools
