Viewpoint: Failure is not an option in our schools
Trigg County Public Schools Deploys ZeroEyes’ AI Gun Detection and Intelligent Situational Awareness Technology
Kentucky School District Integrates Leading Proactive Solution to Mitigate Gun-Related Violence
Teachers get a taste of real-world science—with impressive results
Giving teachers hands-on science experience not only helps improve student achievement, but also reduces teacher attrition, according to results from a Columbia University study.
Carnegie Mellon to offer internet safety resources
Carnegie Mellon University will use a $20,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to create and distribute web safety advice to faculty, teachers, and students in K-12 schools and…
Four things every student should learn … but not every school is teaching
An awareness of the views of those in other countries, an understanding of how Google ranks the results of a web search, a knowledge of the permanence of…
Feds still troubled by Google Books deal
The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite…
Rulings on MySpace suspensions leave more questions than answers
Federal appellate judges wrestling with whether school leaders can discipline their students for internet speech posted outside of school reached different rulings in two Pennsylvania cases on Feb.…
Microsoft opens its cloud to researchers
Researchers have until March 15 to submit proposals to the National Science Foundation that would grant access to Microsoft’s massive cloud-computing power for three years.
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…
How school leaders can keep education in the news
A recent study from the Brookings Institution says education isn't getting its fair share of national news coverage--and isn't getting the right stories reported when it does.
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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.
Nova Southeastern dean making IT grads more marketable
Leo Irakliotis doesn’t just want to develop academics and researchers. The newly appointed dean of Nova Southeastern University’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences wants tech-savvy business…
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…
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…
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.
Tapscott: Digital natives need tech-rich education
Educators should change the way they view technology's role in everyday life in order to understand students' educational needs, said Don Tapscott, chairman of nGenera Insight, during a…
Free videos explore the science behind the Olympics
Teachers looking for ways to incorporate the Olympic Winter Games into their instruction have a new resource they can use: NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News,…
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…
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…
Grant-giving continues despite financial limitations
Some grant-giving entities have had to make adjustments in their award programs owing to the economic downturn, affecting both educators and students.
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…
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.
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…
Technology gives engineering programs a real-world impact
Drexel University engineering student Jeffrey Dowgala says real-time information recorded by electronic sensors has helped him and his classmates understand the many environmental factors that can affect a…
Superintendents say they need resources, flexibility to transform schools
Finalists in the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) National Superintendent of the Year competition met to discuss ways that districts and the federal government can transform education.
Texas debates how history should be taught
