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Despite a growing acceptance of virtual education as a viable means of schooling, however, many states are still struggling with questions such as how much to fund these projects, who should provide the instruction–and who should foot the bill. Read the Full Story
Education Minnesota argues that state officials erred when they certified Minnesota Virtual Academy to receive public funding because the school relies mainly on parents to deliver the instruction, but state law requires licensed teachers do the teaching.Read the Full Story
The hour-long webcast, featuring presentations by lawmakers, education officials, local educators, and students, explored efforts under way in Montana, West Virginia, New Mexico, and Iowa to achieve better results and close the distance between students and educators in sparsely populated regions.Read the Full Story
About $23.5 million will go to 57 distance-education projects, $11.3 million will help 34 communities nationwide get high-speed Internet access, and $8.9 million will fund 27 telemedicine projects.Read the Full Story
The legislation reauthorizes federal support provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Thousands of U.S. libraries and museums receive IMLS funds each year; the agency is the primary source of federal support for these institutions.Read the Full Story
This $50.9 million public-private initiative will post disaggregated test results and other school data from each state on a single web site, so interested persons can monitor the progress of an individual school and compare it to the progress of other schools in the state.Read the Full Story
The bill (H.R. 13), which awaited the president’s signature at press time, reauthorizes the Museum and Library advertisement Services Act through the year 2009. Read the Full Story
Some 200 TEA staff lost their jobs as part of the consolidation. The 16-member technology division was reduced to just five workers, who were then dispersed among the remaining parts of the downsized agency.Read the Full Story
House Government Reform Committee chair Tom Davis (R-Va.) joined ranking minority member Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) in introducing the bill. Under the measure, federal agencies would have to protect their computers from what Waxman and Davis described as the security risks of peer-to-peer programs, which allow users to share files directly from their computers to other […]
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is investigating whether the claims in the patent infringement lawsuit brought by Eolas Technologies Inc. and the University of California could require changes to both the current and future HyperText Markup Language specifications, W3C officials said on Tuesday.Read the Full Story