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Microsoft Education Resources

Table of Contents K-12 Involve Your Students in the Presidential Race with Campaign Lessons Experience Microsoft’s Connected Learning Community at Technology+Learning Conference, October 25-28 Brenda’s and Robin’s Tech Tips Offer Savvy Ways to Integrate Technology into Your Teaching Higher Education 2000 Student Technology Champions Sign a New Campus Agreement by 2/1/2001 and Get Free Training […]

Report: Digital Divide Widens

The Commerce Department says minorities are gaining access at a quick pace but lag behind the national average.

Colleges Post Average Rise in Tuition of 5 Percent

The nation’s colleges and universities raised tuition and fees for students by roughly 5 percent this year, capping a decade of price increases that are steadily outpacing family income.

Congress Weighing Internet Filtering For Schools, Libraries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Republicans are promoting legislation that would force schools and libraries to use Internet filtering software or lose federal dollars intended to help buy Web access. The effort is alienating civil liberties groups, conservatives and industry executives.

Arizona Board of Regents and the State Board of Directors for Community Colleges Establish Centralized Information Technology Review Processes

IT Strategic Plan Executive Summaries and the related detailed IT plans are proposed to meet the information technology planning needs of the State of Arizona, the Board, and the universities.

‘Digital Divide’ Could Create a New Class of Underprivileged

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Nearly half of those who responded to a recent nationwide survey said they do not have access to the Internet at home. Of those who are “disconnected,” more than half said they don’t know what the Internet is or how it could help them. Forty percent said they do not intend to […]

Notice of Proposed Rule Making: FCC to Seek Comments on Childrens Television

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comments on a range of issues related to the obligation of digital television (DTV) broadcasters to serve children. (PDF File, Requires Acrobat Reader)

Let Courts Rule Web Content, Library Panel Says

Courts, not libraries, ought to be the arbiter of what is obscene or sexually explicit matter to minors.

The cost of higher education

Should the state go into debt to the tune of $3.1 billion to pay for renovations, repairs and new construction at the state’s university and community college systems?

Cerf’s Up: Social, Economic and Regulatory Issues

Testimony of Vinton G Cerf Trustee, Internet Society Before the Senate Judiciary Committee On the Subject of the Carnivore System September 6, 2000