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ISTE Opposes House Appropriations Committee Elimination of Critical Technology Funding for Classrooms

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) vehemently opposes the vote by the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations to eliminate funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program. The House Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2007 passed the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education […]

CoSN Decries Vote to Slash Critical Education Technology Funding

Washington, DC (June 7, 2006) – Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) Board Chair Sheryl Abshire released the following statement in reaction to today’s vote by the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations to eliminate all funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program. EETT provides funds to school districts across […]

Question of value with online degrees unanswered

CHAPEL HILL – Bob Weedon could be the poster child for an education revolution – the growth in online, distance learning at elite universities that is bucking the traditional degree mill model. Read the Full Story

IOWA FIRST RURAL STATE TO ENACT PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM

PHOENIX— Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack today made history by signing into law the nation’s first targeted rural public school choice program and being the first Democrat governor to do so.Read the Full Story

ENSIGN, LIEBERMAN INTRODUCE INNOVATION EDUCATION BILL

Thursday, June 8, 2006 Washington, D.C. – Senators John Ensign and Joe Lieberman introduced legislation today to improve instruction and access to innovative educational programs. The National Innovation Education Act places special emphasis on the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “It is absolutely critical that we change the way our students are learning […]

Taxpayer Group Urges Congress to Scuttle Net Neutrality Legislation, Act Instead on Telecom Deregulation

(Alexandria, VA) – As Members of the House Judiciary Committee are slated to begin hearings on legislation that would impose “network neutrality” regulations on the Internet, Kristina Rasmussen, Senior Government Affairs Manager of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), made the following statement:Read the Full Story

Question of value with online degrees unanswered

Read the Full StoryCHAPEL HILL – Bob Weedon could be the poster child for an education revolution – the growth in online, distance learning at elite universities that is bucking the traditional degree mill model.

Officer has to pay back raise after degree-mill probe

Popka’s degree from Almeda University wasn’t from an accredited school recognized by the Florida Department of Law EnforcemeRead the Full Story

COMPTEL Applauds Sensenbrenner, Conyers Bill

WASHINGTON, DC – May 18, 2006 – F. James Sensenbrenner, Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and John Conyers Jr., Ranking Member of the Committee, today introduced HR 5417, the “Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006,” legislation to amend the Clayton Act to ensure competitors and consumers have a remedy for discrimination […]

Proposed rule changes would tangle the Web

Congress wants to change the Internet.This is news to most people because the major news media have not actively pursued the story. Yet both the House and Senate commerce committees are promoting new rules governing the manner by which most Americans receive the Web. Congressional passage of new rules is widely anticipated, as is President […]

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