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Press Statement of ISTE and CoSN on FY05 Budget

“ISTE and CoSN, who collectively represent tens of thousands of educators nationwide, are extremely disappointed by the Administration’s proposals to eliminate a number of critical and longstanding federal programs that support pre-service teacher technology training, distance learning and community technology access. The proposed deletion of funding for three key programs – Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to […]

eSN Exclusive: Why the new federal anti-spam law lacks bite

Though the federal law, which took effect Jan. 1, does not outlaw the transmission of electronic spam mail, it does prohibit spammers from attempting to disguise their identities through dubious return addresses or misleading subject lines and from harvesting valid eMail addresses off legitimate web sites, including online school directories.Read the Full Story

Promotion for 5,663 teachers with distance learning degrees

The Education Ministry has agreed to promote the graduate teachers, who are currently on DGA29 scale despite earning the degrees, to a higher scale of DG41, which is for graduates.Read the Full Story

NCUA’s [National Credit Union Administration] Dollar, Johnson Participate In Financial Literacy And Education Commission Inaugural Meeting

Washington, January 29, 2004 – National Credit Union Administration Chairman Dennis Dollar and Vice Chair JoAnn Johnson participated in the first meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission at the U.S. Department of Treasury.Read the Full Story

Remarks by Treasury Secretary John W. Snow Financial Literacy and Education Commission Inaugural Meeting

The group who has gathered here today is impressive by anyone’s standards. Read the Full Story

Africa’s Education Ministers to Meet in Cape Town

President Thabo Mbeki is expected to open the conference at Cape Town’s International Convention Centre.Read the Full Story

Charter school advocates plea for law clarification

Charter schools are one of the most explosive issues in Idaho education. Before the 3-hour hearing, Senate Education Committee Chairman Gary Schroeder warned the audience that he would not tolerate rude behavior.Read the Full Story

Only Distance Education Can Meet Emerging Demand : Dr. Joshi

The gap between the available infrastructure and such great demand for quality education can only be met with rapid expansion of distance education. For this, institutions like IGNOU will have to make the best use of modern technologies and upgrade their curricula regularly. Open education institutions would also have to see that their degrees and […]

The Tyranny of Copyright?

They had come into possession of some 15,000 e-mail messages and memos — presumably leaked or stolen — from Diebold Election Systems, the largest maker of electronic voting machines in the country. Read the Full Story

NETV to reduce broadcast day

This action is necessary in order to ensure that the expenses of the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, which operates NETV, do not exceed the operating funds appropriated to it by the state of Nebraska. Read the Full Story