What Is Net Neutrality?
“Network neutrality†is a voluntary but guiding principle of the Internet which ensures that all users are entitled to access content and services or run applications and devices of their choice.Read the Full Story
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Learning Innovation for the Adapted Lisbon Agenda
The Lisbon Agenda has been adapted in 2005 to act as an updated focus for European policy development. The adapted agenda calls for a strong and fundamental effort to equip the European citizens at all levels with the right knowledge, skills and attitudes, and society at large with a full understanding why this is needed. […]
Michigan First State to Require Online Learning
LANSING, Mich., April 21 /PRNewswire/ — Michigan has become the first state in the U.S. to require students to successfully complete an online course or learning experience under new legislation signed into law on April 20, 2006, by Governor Jennifer Granholm. This action was part of a comprehensive legislative package to revamp Michigan’s high school […]
President’s Radio Address: “math and science education for our young people”
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This weekend I am traveling in California, where I’m focusing on important issues for our Nation’s future, including our economy, energy prices, the war on terror, and immigration reform.Read the Full Story
USDA ANNOUNCES $20 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
WASHINGTON, April 13, 2006- Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Thomas C. Dorr today announced the availability of $20 million in grants to rural communities to strengthen distance learning and telemedicine programs in rural America. Read the Full Story
Zambia: Govt Introduces Distance-Learning Education Programmes
THE government has introduced distance-learning education programmes from grades eight to twelve in its effort to attain Education for All goals.Read the Full Story
Online courses increase in number, popularity
Congress recently recognized online colleges and courses as an important education tool, an area that is slowly developing at Ohio University as more online courses are added each year.Read the Full Story
Beware of the colleges coming to your keyboard
Conventional academics don’t like the explosion in online education, and that’s understandable. But now that Congress has cleared the way for more colleges to offer courses via the Internet, higher-education traditionalists must face the prospect that the popularity of going to college without really going to college could explode, like it or not.Read the Full […]
House Backs Bill to Expand College Access, Enhance American Competitiveness
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the College Access & Opportunity Act (H.R. 609), legislation to expand college access by strengthening the Pell Grant program, providing parents and students with more information about spikes in college costs, and bolstering math and science education to enhance American competitiveness. The legislation – which […]
Secretary Spellings’ Prepared Testimony Before the House Committee on Science: Spellings discusses what students need to compete in the global economy
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings testified today before the House Committee on Science. Following is her prepared testimony: Mr. Chairman, Congressman Gordon and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me today. I’d first like to congratulate you, Mr. Chairman, on 24 years of service to this Congress and the American people. I […]
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