Archive for the ‘Governance’ Category

A new standard: Building a public broadcasting system that deserves public support

Given these troubles, many across the political spectrum are ready to abandon PBS and public broadcasting altogether, allowing it to become a purely commercial enterprise.Read the Full Story

Blackshear library to witness virtual signing

Gov. Perdue and State Superintendent Kathy Cox will be conducting a virtual signing of the Georgia Virtual High School bill at Winder-Barrow High School.Read the Full Story

Course Advisor Adds Chief Technologist

WAKEFIELD, Mass – April 27, 2005 – Course Advisor Inc., an online research directory for education and training resources, today announced that it had hired Claude Denton as Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Denton’s initial focus will be on building out the technical infrastructure to support the continued traffic growth of www.CourseAdvisor.com.Mr. Denton joins Course Advisor […]

Distance Learning in Tajikistan

Many of the graduates turned out by universities in the south of Tajikistan this summer will have attended no classes and sat no exams, whatever it says on their degree certificate. Read the Full Story

NC[North Carolina] develops skills

The governor’s office will devote money and personnel in developing the state’s Center for 21st Century Skills program, which is designed to promote a new model for teaching and learning.Read the Full Story

Publishers Applaud Senate Resolution On Safeguarding Intellectual Property Worldwide

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) expressed special thanks to Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Ranking Member of the Finance Committee, who joined in sponsoring the resolution to mark the observance of World Intellectual Property Day.Read the Full Story

Virtual Schooling: Legislative Update

In 2005, the odds have shifted definitively, if recent activity at state legislatures and regional and national policy shops are any indication.Read the Full Story

Cheyenne police chief defends distance-learning degree

“There’s no doubt in my mind the taxpayers got their money’s worth,” Fecht said Thursday. “I worked harder on this than I ever did for my bachelor’s degree (from Southern Illinois University).”Read the Full Story

Secretary Spellings Thanks Higher Education Group for Supporting No Child Left Behind

“We are poised to realize a dream,” U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings told the National Association For Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) today at its 30th Annual conference in Washington, D.C. She thanked the group for supporting the No Child Left Behind Act and the law’s mission to provide a quality education to every […]

NEA, Schools Sue to Hold Feds Accountable for Funding NCLB

“Today we’re standing up for children, whose parents are saying, ‘No more’ to costly federal regulations that drain money from classrooms and spend it on paperwork, bureaucracy and big testing companies,” said NEA President Reg Weaver. “The principle of the law is simple; if you regulate, you have to pay.”Read the Full Story