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Obama calls for more school funding
Education is one of the few areas of the federal budget that would not see a spending freeze, if President Barack Obama gets his way this year.
Educators intrigued by Apple’s iPad
Apple’s new tablet computer, the iPad, could push other companies to bring more color-capable eReaders to the market in a move that could make digital books more commonplace…
Victory in Victorville: A replicable model for school improvement
Sixth Street Prep School is a K-6 charter school in the Victor Elementary School District in San Bernardino County, Calif. Linda Mikels became Sixth Street's principal in 2001…
Online education continues its meteoric growth
Online college education continues to expand rapidly, says U.S. News & World Report: More than 4.6 million college students were taking at least one online course at the…
How video games have trained a generation of athletes
For more than 30 years, sports video games have been focused on simulating real-life athletics more and more perfectly. But over the past decade, games have moved beyond…
A little ‘i’ to teach about online privacy
Trying to ward off federal regulators, the advertising industry has agreed on a standard icon—a little “i”—that it will add to most online ads that use demographics and…
New program combines technology, community service
Students at six schools from across the country are taking part in a pilot program that uses "service learning" as a way to revitalize their schools and communities…
Can Apple’s tablet spark a textbook revolution?
Can the release of Apple's eReader tablet do for textbooks what the iPod did for music: combine an online store for purchasing books with sleek hardware that holds…
Obama to seek freeze on domestic spending to trim deficit
President Obama will call for a three-year freeze in spending on many domestic programs, including education, and for increases no greater than inflation after that -- an initiative…
Teen’s suicide prompts study of cyber-bullying
A western Massachusetts town is organizing efforts to address digital abuse in response to a teen resident's suicide on Jan. 14 that is believed to have been partly…
The future of education: Remote learning, 3D screens
When students wake up in the late 2030s, they won't have to take many steps to go to "class": School subjects will be right at their fingertips via…
Girls might learn math anxiety from female teachers
Young girls might learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers, new research suggests.
Interest in hybrid courses on the rise
A growing number of schools now offer what's known as “hybrid” courses, which mix an online experience with traditional classroom learning.
Judge cuts $2M penalty in Minn. song-sharing case
A federal judge on Jan. 22 drastically reduced a nearly $2 million verdict against a Minnesota woman found guilty last year of sharing 24 songs over the internet,…
Most students applying to college online
Asheville, N.C., high school senior Jacqueline DeJournett says the convenience of applying to college online allowed her to expand her list of prospective schools from only a handful…
What Bill Gates is learning online
It’s no surprise, really, but it turns out Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates is a strong supporter of the open-courseware movement that has swept through higher education…
Parental Control glitch gives kids access to App Store porn
iPhone OS 3.x brought beefed-up parental controls, giving parents finer-grained control over what applications their kids could purchase based on four standard age ratings. Educator and developer Fraser…
AASA 2010 to focus on reform, innovation
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will deliver a keynote speech at the American Association of School Administrators’ (AASA) National Conference ... Read more
Technology gives kids constant media access
Educators face a growing challenge in trying to compete for their students' attention with near-constant access to entertainment media outside of school, a new study suggests.
Microsoft calls for cloud-computing regulations
A Microsoft official argued Jan. 13 that the U.S. Congress should create rules and regulations for cloud computing, a burgeoning technology that has gained traction among schools and…
If your password is 123456, just make it HackMe
Despite all the reports of internet security breaches over the years, many computer users have reacted to the break-ins with a shrug, reports the New York Times.
Apple courts publishers, while Kindle adds apps
A tablet computer from Apple could threaten Amazon's Kindle eBook reader, but the Kindle, which now accounts for 70 percent of electronic reader sales, is getting more versatile,…
More Ariz. classes approved for online instruction
A new state law that lets all 227 Arizona school districts and 500 charter schools offer K-12 courses online has the potential to revolutionize instruction, reports the Arizona…
Online college for union members in the works
The National Labor College will make about 20 online courses available for the AFL-CIO's 11.5 million members next fall in an effort to help workers adapt to a…
New tech tools help Haiti quake relief
Hundreds of tech volunteers spurred to action by Haiti's killer quake are adding a new dimension to disaster relief, developing new tools and services for first responders and…
MIT lags in hiring, promoting black, Hispanic faculty, internal report says
MIT must do a better job recruiting and retaining black and Hispanic faculty, who have a significantly more difficult time getting promoted than white and Asian colleagues, according…
At-risk students embrace online learning at Metro Detroit cyber school
The Detroit News reports that while most school districts in metro Detroit are reeling from enrollment losses, Westwood Community School District posted a 32 percent spike over last…
Amazon unveils 70 percent Kindle royalty plan
Amazon.com has unveiled a program that will give authors and publishers a larger share of revenue from each Kindle eBook they sell beginning on June 30, 2010, PCMag.com…
Report details coming trends in campus technology
Open scholarly content will become more commonplace in higher education in the next year as online universities and textbook companies organize and harness the internet's mass of educational…
Has Google developed the next wave of online education?
Combining text, audio, and video chat with features like drag-and-drop documents and interactive polls, Google Wave is a free web program that could add unprecedented depth to student…
Volunteers honor MLK Day by helping schools with technology
To help meet schools' technology needs, several educators and web professionals volunteered their expertise during the Martin Luther King Day Technology Challenge on Jan. 18.
What every 21st-century educator should know
Educators today are constantly bombarded with the phrase “21st-century skills,” and the message that all students need to learn those skills in order to succeed. And while general…
In war against the internet, China is just a skirmish
In the beginning, there was one internet, born from American research and embraced by academics around the world. It was ... Read more
Boy’s science project prompts school evacuation
Fire officials said a San Diego middle school was evacuated when a student’s science project was mistaken for a bomb. ... Read more
Schools weigh in on national broadband plan
To help provide broadband access to more citizens, the Federal Communications Commission should expand the eligible uses of e-Rate discounts to include after-school programs and community centers, many…
Opinion: Virtual schools are a critical piece of education’s future
Technological innovations might be categorized along a continuum from sustaining to disruptive. In education, a sustaining technology might be a SMART Board, which in most applications is a…
The fine print behind Google’s Nexus One
I really like the Nexus One, Google's first phone, New York Times technology columnist David Pogue writes. It's got some glitches, as I noted in my review, but…
Conficker Worm hasn’t gone away, Akamai says
PC World reports that variants of the Conficker worm were still active and spreading during the third quarter, accounting for much of attack traffic on the internet, according…
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