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As budget talks continue on Capitol Hill, advocates of educational technology are praising a spending plan approved by the House Appropriations Committee on June 16, which would restore more than $300 million in funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) block-grant program and provide additional spending for a handful of other initiatives President Bush […]
Legislation provides students with greater access to financial resources, reduces bureaucratic red tape for colleges and universities and increases autonomy for higher ed institutionsRead the Full Story
Looking to stem the reported waste, fraud, and abuse that has plagued the eRate–the $2.25 billion-a-year federal program that provides telecommunications discounts to eligible schools and libraries–the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on June 14 said it would seek public feedback regarding its management, administration, and oversight of the Universal Service Fund (USF), the federal coffer […]
The report shows that most distance-education students are now enrolled in online courses. As the report notes: “Since 2001-02 the number of Internet-based courses have increased by 5,715 course sessions [sections] to a total of 8,735 course sessions offered during 2003-04. During the same period of time, telecourses decreased by 555 course sessions from 3,895 […]
Those will be consolidated into one “virtual school district” under a bill passed by a state Senate committee Monday. “A virtual school district offers an alternative learning environment that can accommodate the diverse needs of today’s students,” said Sen. Richard Devlin, chief sponsor of the bill.Read the Full Story
From Boston to Denver to West Palm Beach, PBS stations are reaching out to listeners in reaction to the proposed cuts, which the Association of Public Television Stations has termed “so drastic that they will severely impact every public television and radio station’s ability to provide educational, cultural and informational programming in local communities and […]
A distinct online sector for the salacious, one with rules aimed at forbidding trickery, will reduce the chances of internet users accidentally stumbling on porn sites, supporters argue. It also could help parents and school administrators set their internet filters to block objectionable material.Read the Full Story
“Substantial evidence has been presented that there is an over-abundance of organizations and institutions that are engaged in some aspect of the Internet,” said ITAA President Harris N. Miller, adding, “The creation of a new body would be duplicative, counter-productive, and unnecessarily costly.”Read the Full Story
Women make up just one in five of the technology workforce. The same percentage of those studying IT-related degrees is female.Read the Full Story
“Find ‘N’ … nnnnnnnnnn,†Crumble enunciated to the 5-year-old student.Read the Full Story
