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America’s Choice/Georgia’s Choice
In the spring of 2001, Georgia’s State Board of Education approved a contract to implement a major school reform model in some of the state’s most challenging elementary and middle schools. Entitled America’s Choice/Georgia’s Choice, that model has been adopted in approximately 160 schools scattered across the state for the 2001-2002 school year. Current plans […]
U.S. House Members Seek to Raise Spending for Information-Technology Research
Two bills that would pump about $7.88-billion over five years into information-technology research and into guarding the nation’s computer infrastructure from terrorist attacks were introduced Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives.
House Republicans block $2.5 billion increase for IDEA
Some educators and makers of assistive technologies are decrying a successful move by House Republicans to block $2.5 billion in guaranteed funding increases for students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Advocates of the increase said the Republican’s move will hamper schools’ efforts to purchase costly but effective new technologies aimed […]
The Internet and People with Disablities, Part I
Mary Lester is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Alliance for Technology Access (ATA). Mary was also the Associate Director of the first ATA Resource Center in Berkeley, CA. Russ Holland has been involved in the field of assistive technology for the past 25 years and is currently the Program Director of the ATA […]
SRI International Announces New Co-Director for Its Center for Technology in Learning, Dr. Nora Sabelli
Former National Science Foundation Senior Program Director Joins Renowned SRI Team
Okereke Commends University of South Africa On-Line Services
Director, Management Development Centre International, Mike Okereke has expressed satisfaction over the on-line distance learning programme of the University of South Africa (UNISA) that was launched in Lagos yesterday.
High Court Considers Grading Dispute
Supreme Court justices revisited their school days Tuesday, talking of gold stars and misbehavior check marks, as the court explored whether letting one student grade another’s paper in class violates federal privacy law.
President Signs Internet Access Taxation Moratorium
The Internet is an innovative force that enables such applications as distance learning and precision farming. Government must do its part to make access to these services affordable. It should not raise costs through additional taxation.
eSchool News Analysis: Digital copyright bill could be 9-11 casualty
A bill to bring copyright law into the Digital Age appears in jeopardy. In spite of bipartisan support, the measure appears likely to fall victim to the same terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Center. Delayed in the rush of more-pressing congressional business, the legislation–set to extend educators’ fair-use rights beyond the traditional […]