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Adopting the standard will be voluntary, which is contrary to legislation introduced last spring that would have required textbook publishers to submit electronic files of all textbooks sold to schools nationwide according to a universal standard. Read the Full Article
The course is designed to prepare unemployed or dislocated workers for careers in retail, healthcare, hospitality or other industries in which customer service skills are critical for success, as well as incumbent workers seeking upgrade or advancement. Read the Full Article
While school districts implement required plans to turn such schools around, students attending schools that need improvement must be given the opportunity to transfer to a better-performing public school in the school district. The guidance provides general information and answers questions about how to implement the choice provisions; who is eligible to take advantage of […]
Ballooning debts made worse by trickling revenues and a stagnant economy could spell trouble for some educational technology programs, as states search for ways to staunch the bleeding. Read the Full Article
But if they did not know it before, the recent action by the school board sends a clear message to all District 113 students from now on that any attempts at computer tampering could be met with the harshest of punishments: being thrown out of school. Read the Full Article
SLD spokesman Mel Blackwell confirmed for eSchool News that the service provider in question is IBM Corp. IBM is listed on applications requesting more than $1 billion in 2002 eRate funding, according to eRate consulting firm Funds for Learning LLC, but Blackwell said it’s unclear at this point how many of these applications will be […]
Investing in quality tertiary education, the reports says, can help to close this gap. Read the Full Article
The Waterford School District should not have suspended the student in August 2001 for contributing to “Satan’s web page,” U.S. District Judge Patrick Duggan ruled last week. Read the Full Article
Seven centers around the country will be formed, with one central coordinating COSEE office. Centers are headquartered at: the New England Aquarium, Boston; University of California at Berkeley; University of Southern California; Rutgers University, New Jersey; University of South Florida; University of Southern Mississippi; and the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium. The Consortium for Oceanographic […]
The initiative is yet one more attempt by Congress to shield children from accessing inappropriate material online—but observers caution that it’s not a panacea and will only be as effective as the adults who are in charge. Read the Full Article