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Teaching & Learning

Grant-grabbing experience gets more tech into classrooms

June 18, 2009 by ESchool News
When Benjamin Tasker Middle School teacher Selena Ward has an idea for a new class project, she spends a lot of time online -- though she's not researching…
Research

Survey: Family time eroding as internet use soars

June 16, 2009 by ESchool News
Whether it's around the dinner table or just in front of the TV, U.S. families say they are spending less time together. The decline in family time coincides…
Research

Study paints a bleak picture of art education in U.S. schools

June 16, 2009 by ESchool News
Music and art instruction in American eighth-grade classrooms has remained flat over the last decade, according to a new survey by the U.S. Department of Education, and one…
Teaching & Learning

Layoffs mean LA schools lose new breed of teachers

June 15, 2009 by ESchool News
Thousands teachers in Los Angeles will receive pink slips. By next school year, 2,100 city teachers are slated to lose their jobs -- a 5 percent hit to…
Teaching & Learning

Data-Driven Schools See Rising Scores

June 12, 2009 by ESchool News
The Edline system used by the Montgomery County, Md., Public Schools emails poor grade to parents as soon as teachers logged it in, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Teaching & Learning

Colo. governor’s education plan includes increasing technology

June 12, 2009 by ESchool News
Gov. Bill Ritter says his administration is working on a master plan to change the face of education in Colorado and that he'll present his proposals to lawmakers…
Teaching & Learning

Stations Turn Off Analog Signals as Digital TV Deadline Arrives

June 12, 2009 by ESchool News
The New York times reports that across the United States today, television stations will power down the analog signals that have sent TV shows into homes for six…
Featured Funding News

Grant to help track Minnesota students’ progress

June 11, 2009 by ESchool News
A Jackson County, Minn., ninth-grader whose geometry grade suddenly declines now might get an eMail summons from the school counselor, asking him or her to stop by for…
Teaching & Learning

Aboriginal kids get free laptops to fight illiteracy

June 11, 2009 by ESchool News
In hopes of combating illiteracy and truancy, about 2,000 low-cost laptops from the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child initiative have been delivered to three schools in Aboriginal communities…
Teaching & Learning

Schwarzenegger: Digital textbooks can save money, improve learning

June 10, 2009 by ESchool News
"Today, our kids get their information from the internet, downloaded onto their iPods, and in Twitter feeds to their cell phones. A world of up-to-date information fits easily…
Teaching & Learning

Slanderous site catering to teens is shut down

June 10, 2009 by ESchool News
A web site that catered to anonymous slander and insults by and about teenagers -- and was especially popular in Montgomery County, Md., high schools -- was closed…
Research

U.S. parents rearing a gadget-laden generation

June 10, 2009 by ESchool News
Research released June 9 indicates that U.S. parents are rearing a young gadget-laden generation that is at home with smart phones, laptop computers, and video game consoles, AFP…
Teaching & Learning

Rolling science labs bring tools, inspiration to youngsters

June 9, 2009 by ESchool News
Boston University Medical School's Carl Franzblau wanted to expose more young people to science, and he had a vision inspired by a bloodmobile. The result -- mobile science…
Teaching & Learning

District cancels graduation after computer breach

June 9, 2009 by ESchool News
District administrators in Centerburg, Ohio, canceled their June 6 high school graduation ceremony because of a breach in the school's computer system that allowed a student to make…
Teaching & Learning

Wis. schools to get tech vouchers from Microsoft

June 9, 2009 by ESchool News
Wisconsin education officials say more than 850 schools are in line for up to $80 million in technology reimbursements from Microsoft Corp., reports the Chicago Tribune.
Teaching & Learning

Connecticut district tosses algebra textbooks and goes online

June 8, 2009 by ESchool News
Westport, Conn., teachers were frustrated at having to rush through the algebra curriculum only to find students didn’t grasp important concepts, so they created their own online program,…
IT Management

Eau Claire schools considering teleconferencing use for board meetings

November 5, 2013June 8, 2009 by ESchool News
Eau Claire, Wis., Superintendent Ron Heilmann is working on a draft policy that would allow school board member participation in board deliberations via teleconferencing, reports the Leader-Telegram.
District Management

Michigan school official indicted on eRate bribery charge

June 4, 2009 by ESchool News
A former superintendent of a school district in Michigan has been indicted on a conspiracy charge for allegedly accepting a bribe to award an internet services contract through…
District Management

Knox County schools unblock gay-issues web sites

June 4, 2009 by ESchool News
Educational web sites about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues will be accessible now at Knox County, Tenn., schools after a glitch blocking the sites was corrected, reports…
Teaching & Learning

New program exposes teachers to modern workplace

June 4, 2009 by ESchool News
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says a new state program for teachers will make them more aware of employers' needs in today's work place, reports the Arkansas News Bureau.
IT Management

Free digital book plan is costly, educators say

November 5, 2013June 3, 2009 by ESchool News
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger believes schools can save hundreds of millions of dollars by using free digital textbooks, but educators are disputing that notion, reports the San Francisco…
Curriculum

46 states, D.C. plan to draft common education standards

June 2, 2009 by ESchool News
Forty-six states and the District of Columbia have announced an effort to craft a single vision for what children should learn each year from kindergarten through high school…
Teaching & Learning

Effort to reshape U.S. schools faces challenges

June 2, 2009 by ESchool News
As chief executive of the Chicago Public Schools, Arne Duncan closed more than a dozen of the city's worst schools, reopening them with new principals and teachers. Now…
Teaching & Learning

Danish schools consider allowing the internet for exams

June 1, 2009 by ESchool News
It might seem self-defeating to some, but Denmark's Education Ministry is seriously considering allowing the use of the internet during school exams, IceNews reports.
Teaching & Learning

Seminars in Mass., R.I. address ‘sexting’ danger

June 1, 2009 by ESchool News
Students in a number of Massachusetts and Rhode Island schools will be warned this week about "sexting" and other cyber dangers, reports the Boston Herald.
Teaching & Learning

In war zone, soldier uses blog to teach

June 1, 2009 by ESchool News
Sixth-grade social studies students at Ballard County Middle School in Kentucky know what time it is in Afghanistan and what the weather is like there on a given…
Teaching & Learning

Web site lets New York City parents track data on students

May 29, 2009 by ESchool News
After several months of delays, a web site that offers an interactive portfolio of New York City public school students' test scores, grades, and attendance rates will be…
Teaching & Learning

‘DTXTR’ translates teen text into English

May 29, 2009 by ESchool News
Wot r ur students txting? If you're wondering -- or 1dering -- there's a new online translation tool that helps decipher the code, AFP reports.
District Management

Tennessee passes cyber-bullying legislation

May 27, 2009 by ESchool News
Tennessee legislation aimed at preventing cyber bullying is headed to Gov. Phil Bredesen, who is expected to allow it to become law, reports the Commercial Appeal.
Featured Funding News

Economic woes could reduce technology in K-12 classrooms

May 26, 2009 by ESchool News
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 --…
Featured SAFE

Should teachers, kids be digital ‘friends’?

May 26, 2009 by ESchool News
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…
IT Management

Microsoft’s DigiGirlz Day helps girls tackle tech

November 5, 2013May 22, 2009 by ESchool News
During DigiGirlz Day at Microsoft's New England Research and Development (NERD) site in Cambridge, Mass., 177 high school girls recently programmed miniature robots, made musical Play-Doh, learned about…
Teaching & Learning

UI center provides software to help those with reading difficulties

May 22, 2009 by ESchool News
Thanks to a free new software program, University of Iowa students, faculty, and staff who have difficulty reading online will now have help with BrowseAloud, reports Media-Newswire.com.
Teaching & Learning

L.A. Unified makes computer science accessible

May 21, 2009 by ESchool News
With President Obama calling math and science education the key to good jobs in our future economy, Congress was told May 20 that a pilot program in Los…
Featured SAFE

UN agency seeks protection for children online

May 21, 2009 by ESchool News
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.
Teaching & Learning

Sixth grader wins Google logo contest

May 21, 2009 by ESchool News
Technology prizes for you and your school, worldwide exposure, and the Google empire at your beck and call, if only for 24 hours -- not a bad day…
Featured SAFE

North Carolina lawmakers want kids out of Google images

May 20, 2009 by ESchool News
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…
Teaching & Learning

New web site prepares Colorado students for life after school

May 20, 2009 by ESchool News
The U.S. ranks 15th out of 29 developed countries in the percentage of college students who complete their degrees, and 10th in the world in the percentage of…
Teaching & Learning

No guidance on how to rein in the flu

May 19, 2009 by ESchool News
As schools continue to shut down in New York and elsewhere because of swine flu, health officials are asking a question for which there is little guidance, even…
Featured SAFE

Facebook users hooked in new ‘phishing’ scam

May 18, 2009 by ESchool News
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"…
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