BBC digital learning boss quits
His move follows an internal inquiry which found he had acted wrongly in discussing a possible partner for the BBC’s “digital curriculum” proposal – before it had received government approval. Read the Full Article
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IT in a Time of Budget Cuts How School Funding Will Affect the Quality of Education
With state finances in unprecedented trouble, school districts are bracing for intensified budget cuts. Just as in the private sector, most of these cuts will occur in capital budgets — and that means in information technology. Read the Full Article
Collins got degree at unaccredited college
Collins last week said she earned a bachelor’s degree in health services administration from LaSalle University in Mandeville, La., which billed itself as a distance-learning institution. Read the Full Article
Internet “colleges” offer no-study diplomas for price
But a number of bogus Internet schools offer college degrees that can be obtained in a month or less, with little more effort than it takes to write a check. They may also provide transcripts, references and school rings along with their worthless diplomas. Read the Full Article
Montana gov’s ‘roadmap’ nurtures economy
Dubbed the “Roadmap for a New Economy,” Martz’s strategy stressed better education and training for Montana’s work force and tax reductions aimed at luring businesses to the sparsely populated state that has for year been trying to boost the pay scale for its growing population. Read the Full Article
Degrees of Deception
But the truth is, most of them are illegitimate. “The last thing we want to do is see somebody make an investment in one of these programs and then have to start all over again,” said Don Vickers, the head of the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation. Read the Full Article
North Dakota AG: Board members can attend meetings via videoconferencing
In response to a query from a member of the Grand Forks school board, state Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said in a Jan. 2 letter of opinion that North Dakota’s Century Code does not imply that board members have to be physically present to form a quorum, only that they have to be in a […]
Supreme Court Upholds Law Adding 20 Years to Copyrights
The ruling, in Eldred v. Ashcroft, prompted disappointed scholars and library groups to say they would push Congress to ease copyright restrictions on scholarly works and would support efforts to make works more widely available to the public. Read the Full Article
Court Upholds Copyright Extension
A loose coalition of independent scholars, publishers and Internet archivists had argued that, by lengthening existing copyrights, the law, known as the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in honor of the late singer and House member, effectively made those copyrights perpetual — violating the constitutional provision that says Congress may spur intellectual productivity by […]
South Dakota pulls plug on online testing program
The decision comes as state officials are switching to a new test designed to comply with the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Read the Full Article