Premier Portal for Professionals Since 1995, Covering Technology-Based Education
The phone-hacking scandal that erupted over Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. in the United Kingdom last month took a new turn this week when the heads of the New York state and New York City teacher unions sent a letter demanding that the state controller and department of education throw out a $27 million no-bid contract […]
Verizon has launched a new Application Innovation Center in San Francisco. The company announced the opening of the new center Wednesday.SOURCE: The Washington Post Read the Full Article
17th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning November 9-11, 2011, Orlando, FloridaVisit the Conference Web Site
A quiet revolution has taken place in recent months, as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and other internet gatekeepers have revised their search algorithms in an attempt to bring users more personalized information. This subtle shift has enormous implications for students, researchers, and society at large, experts say.SOURCE: eSchool News Read the Full Article
The Michigan Department of Education isn’t waiting for the Legislature to increase online options for students.SOURCE: Detroit Free Press Read the Full Article
Online high schools have given athletes and performers a way to keep up with their studies without giving up what they love. Recently, other students have begun to give these schools a try. A new crop of university-backed, virtual high schools is changing this emerging field.SOURCE: US News Read the Full Article
Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Social Work is launching a new distance education M.S.W. program, available beginning with the fall 2011 semester. The deadline to apply is Aug. 10.SOURCE: Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRead the Press Release
During the past century, innovation in mechanics, computing technology, medicine, and business practices has driven economic growth, raised wages, and helped Americans lead longer and healthier lives. Since the 1970s, however, the pace of innovation has slowed, leading to lower overall wage growth for American workers. Moreover, those gains that have been made have not […]
The eArmyU civilian education option that has provided distance learning support services to 64,000 soldiers over the past decade will be shuttered next year.SOURCE: Army Times Read the Full Article
The Department of Justice and four states on Monday filed a multibillion-dollar fraud suit against the Education Management Corporation, the nation’s second-largest for-profit college company, charging that it was not eligible for the $11 billion in state and federal financial aid it had received from July 2003 through June 2011. SOURCE: The New York Times […]