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Has Google developed the next wave of online education?

November 5, 2013January 19, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

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…

District Management

Volunteers honor MLK Day by helping schools with technology

January 19, 2010January 18, 2010 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

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.

District Management

Schools weigh in on national broadband plan

January 27, 2010January 18, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

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…

District Management

Superintendents say they need resources, flexibility to transform schools

January 18, 2010January 14, 2010 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

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.

Teaching & Learning

SchoolMAX cited in back-to-school nightmare

May 2, 2024August 31, 2009 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

It's every district's nightmare: thousands of students arrive on the first day of school with no schedule and nowhere to go ... and parents, teachers, and the media…