Four students located in quake-hit dorm in Italy
Firefighters say they have located four students trapped in a dormitory that crumbled in Italy’s devastating earthquake but did not say if they were alive or dead.
Report envisions shortage of teachers as retirements escalate
Over the next four years, more than a third of the nation’s 3.2 million teachers could retire, depriving classrooms of experienced instructors, reports the New York Times.
Panel: Don’t expand virtual charter school enrollment
A day after Arkansas’ legislative Joint Budget Committee recommended raising the cap on enrollment at the state’s virtual charter school to 1,000, the panel endorsed an amendment to return the cap to 500, reports the Arkansas News Bureau.
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 keep school libraries up to date during hard economic times.
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Online-learning grant program eliminated
Higher-education officials will have to seek new avenues for funding and seed money for online programs after the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced this week that its online-education grant program will end this year. Key words: Sloan Foundation, MacAurthur Foundation, University of Illinois, grant program, education funding, online courses, blended learning, education technology
Online-learning grant program eliminated
Higher-education officials will have to seek new avenues for funding and seed money for online programs after the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced this week that its online-education grant program will end this year.
MyWorkster turns school ties into job opportunities
In a job market that is contracting by the month, professional connections can be the difference between landing an interview or continuing an arduous job search. MyWorkster is a professional networking site that connects students with alumni who can give them an advantage over the competition. Co-creators Jeff Saliture and Doug Baruchin of Long Island have redesigned MyWorkster, which first launched in 2006–making it easier for recent college graduates to find alumni who might offer a tip, give a phone number, or arrange an interview.
School officials use Facebook to monitor students
As high school students flock to social networking sites, campus police are scanning their Facebook and MySpace pages for tips to help break up fights, monitor gangs, and thwart crime in what amounts to a new cyber beat, reports the Washington Post.
Technology puts geography at students’ fingertips
After winning his way into the final round of the National Geographic Geography Bee at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology on April 3, eighth-grade student Mason Mennenga cited Google Earth as one of his key studying sources, reports the Rapid City Journal.
Columbine 10 years later: Lessons learned
Ten years ago, the name of a suburban-Denver high school, Columbine, became synonymous with school shootings–a crisis that continues to afflict society today.