Butler Tech to be featured at world education summit
The Butler Tech Board of Education plans to adopt 21st century skills as part of its curriculum requirements for next year. The move would put Butler Technology and Career Development Schools a step ahead of most area districts, which have not yet taken action on a specific plan, according to the Middle Town Journal.
Stimulus money makes Florida schools’ picture less grim
In one fell swoop, the federal government may have turned the dreary school funding situation in Florida from disastrous to merely terrible. The $789 billion stimulus package that President Obama signed Tuesday is slated to send more than $3 billion to Florida’s K-12 public schools over two years, including hundreds of millions of dollars that may patch massive holes in district budgets next year, the St. Petersburg Times reports.
Duncan wants stimulus to transform schools
President Barack Obama and his Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, want to do more than save teachers’ jobs or renovate classrooms with the new economic recovery law. They’re hoping to reinvent education for the 21st century–while transforming the federal government’s role in public education in the process.
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Students’ exercise helps power university
Thousands of college students regularly hit the cardio exercise machines to work off stress after an exam or stay in shape. Oregon State University (OSU) is harnessing the energy the machines can generate and converting it to electricity to feed back into the power grid. Key words: oregon state university, elliptical, exercise, power grid.
Former student shot at Detroit high school
A former student, who sneaked past security, was shot on the second floor of a Detroit high school as hundreds of current students and teachers were ending classes for the day.
Arizona State University supports aggressive growth plan with rapid ERP implementation
As the saying goes, it’s quality, not quantity, that counts. Arizona State University (ASU), however, is out to prove that it can successively deliver both through its “New American University” initiative. Already the fourth largest U.S. university and one of the largest research institutions in the country, ASU is in the early stages of an aggressive 10-year plan to grow in scope and size, while simultaneously raising academic quality.
Robotics students match wits, kits
Student-built robots whizzed, whirred and clattered around a make-believe lunar surface with the nimbleness of R2-D2 yesterday at Madison High School. The high school engineering event, which drew schools from across the county, was a scrimmage for the San Diego Regional FIRST Robotics Competition next month at the Sports Arena, reports SignOnSanDiego.com.
Bankruptcies throw state’s school laptop program into disarray
It was just four months ago that the Custer School District anxiously awaited a late shipment of Gateway laptop computers. Now, the school is trying to give them back. Custer is one of 56 districts statewide taking part in the state’s Classroom Connections program under Gov. Mike Rounds’ 2010 Education Initiative, according to the Rapid City Journal in South Dakota.
Education snags $105.9B in stimulus package
The final $787 billion stimulus bill that President Obama is expected to sign today contains $105.9 billion for education, including $650 million for the federal Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program.
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Stimulus to kick start cash-strapped higher ed
Higher education officials are awaiting an injection of $32 billion in federal money after Congress passed the economic stimulus bill last week, aiming to jumpstart a slumbering economy in part by making college more affordable and funding campus projects that have run out of state funds in recent months. Key words: stimulus package, texas a&m, ACUTA, education funding.