Assistant principal is first NYC swine flu death
A school assistant principal who was sick for several days with swine flu on May 17 became the city's first death linked to the virus and the nation's…
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House approves $6.4B for green schools
The U.S. House of Representatives on May 14 passed a multiyear school construction bill with the ambitious goals of producing hundreds of thousands of jobs, reducing energy consumption,…
Unused eRate funding totals billions
About $5 billion of the estimated $19.5 billion in eRate funds committed to schools and libraries from 1998 to 2006 were never used, according to a recent report…
Bill would legalize online gambling
A bill that would overturn the federal ban on internet gambling has some educators wondering how minors, including students using school computers, would be prevented from logging onto…
Obama proposes $1.3B increase in ed funding
Federal funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program would drop from $270 million to $100 million, a 63 percent cut, under President Obama's proposed $3.4 trillion…
Obama tax plan a double-edged sword
New corporate tax regulations proposed by President Obama could redirect more federal income tax money to education--and especially to programs such as Title I. Nonetheless, the president's proposal…
Support grows for common standards
It's been a long-held tradition in American public education that decisions about standards and curriculum are best left to state and local school systems, not the federal government.…
Tech keeps learning alive, despite closings
Though schools in a handful of states have closed temporarily to curtail the spread of swine flu, that hasn't interrupted the learning process for many students--thanks to technologies…
Closing schools might not stop flu transmission
Students aren't the only ones staying home as swine flu spreads through schools across the country. Parents are nursing their ailing kids while trying not to get sick…
Advice for schools on swine flu
President Barack Obama on April 29 said schools should close temporarily if any students have confirmed or suspected cases of swine flu. He was reiterating guidance from the…
Obama warns of more school closings
As worries of a possible pandemic intensified April 29 amid reports of the first death in the United States from swine flu, President Obama said school leaders should…
Swine flu fears close schools in three states
Esti Lamonaca's illness started with a high fever, a cough, and achy bones, just a couple of days after she returned from a spring break trip on the…
Study: Ed tech leads to significant gains
Integrating Promethean's ActivClassroom--a suite of educational technologies that includes an interactive whiteboard, teaching software, and student response systems--into instruction can raise student achievement by an average of 17…
Schools eye stim funds for energy efficiency
The $787 billion economic stimulus package contains billions of dollars to help make school buildings more energy efficient--upgrades that could save individual schools thousands of dollars in operating…
ALA: Spend stimulus funds on school libraries
As school leaders prepare to spend billions of dollars in federal stimulus money, the American Library Association (ALA) is lobbying to have some of those dollars used to…
Improved instruction leads to math success
During my career of more than 35 years in education, I have learned that content knowledge and instructional practice are two important elements that make teachers and their…
Evolution theory takes a round in Texas
Texas will no longer require educators to teach weaknesses of all scientific theories, including those of evolution. The requirements were approved March 27 by the State Board of…
Maine to expand its school laptop program
Despite the economic turmoil, Maine is expanding its program to provide laptop computers to students. Maine started its first-in-the-nation program by distributing more than 30,000 computers to each…
Forum calls for better data use in education
Speakers at a forum about the use of longitudinal data in education stressed the importance of comprehensive data systems that follow students throughout their educational careers--from kindergarten to…
Reading, Writing, and Technology
While the promise of classroom technology offers great advantages, for many teachers it often seems like more of an inconvenience than a resource. Using technology to shape lesson…
Obama backs merit pay, early childhood education
With an emphasis on 21st-century education, President Obama called for better early childhood education programs, tougher teacher standards, and increased pay for outstanding educators and desperately-needed math and…
How to get the most out of alert systems
Schools and colleges that invest thousands of dollars in emergency-alert systems also need to promote awareness of and participation in these systems for them to be effective, experts…
Students school lawmakers on tech’s value
Students from four Georgia school districts were on Capitol Hill March 4 showing federal lawmakers how technology is being used to enhance teaching and learning in their classrooms--and…
“Use it or lose it” approach to technology garners impressive results
A distinctive trait of North Carolina's Cumberland County Schools (CCS) is not resting on our laurels, which explains why we went searching for a way to improve student…
AASA: Educate the ‘total child’
Three days after his confirmation as U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan reportedly called Dan Domenech, executive director of the American Association of School Administrators, to arrange a…
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Report urges U.S. to look abroad for ed lessons
A recent report urging action items to ensure that American students are globally competitive is bringing renewed focus to "international benchmarking," or the idea of looking toward other…
AASA hears what’s about to disrupt schools
If Harvard Business School's Clayton Christensen is right, half of all instruction will take place online within the next 10 years--and schools had better get into the online-learning…
2009 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award winners honored during AASA conference
Ten superintendents who are among the nation's most successful in leading their schools into the 21st century were honored in a special ceremony Feb. 20. The occasion was…
What it means to be ‘tech savvy’
At our Ninth Annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards ceremony in February, we asked the winners what technology-related programs they were most proud of in their districts--and what it means…
Crisis survival tops agenda at AASA meeting
The tanking economy and its devastating effect on education budgets, as well as the freshly signed economic stimulus package that promises billions of dollars in new money for…
Saving school budgets in a recession
Buying from large group contracts, aligning budgets with school improvement plans, starting an educational foundation, and mastering the art of passing school bond issues were among the strategies…
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