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By next year, contracts about 180 schools have with companies that provide service and equipment for class sharing that is done via cameras, monitors and fiber optics will cease, according to Sen. Elaine Stuhr of Bradshaw.Read the Full Story
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) formally adopted National Standards for Technology in Teacher Preparation (http://iste.org/standards/ncate/index.cfm) in February 2002. CREATE for Mississippi (http://www.create.cett.msstate.edu/create/about/index.html) first implemented its program in four schools in Mississippi at the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year.Read the Full Story
“That’s another milestone I’ve completed within my life,” she said.Read the Full Story
In his 2005 State of the State Address, Governor Riley announced a new distance learning initiative for schools – ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide) — and he proposed an education budget that includes $10 million to get the program started.Read the Full Story
While Burt Township Schools, Superior Central Schools and the North Star Academy all utilize the Michigan Virtual High School, Marquette’s Alternative High School went a different route.Read the Full Story
Washington, DC – Dr. Helen Soulé, a former classroom teacher and education leader at the local, state and national level, has been named Executive Director of Cable in the Classroom (CIC), the cable industry’s education foundation.Read the Full Story
Entertainment companies want the court to let them sue the manufacturers of file-sharing software that allows computer users to download music and movies from each other’s computers.Read the Full Story
According to the congressional watchdog agency, the FCC has not devised useful performance goals and measures for the program, which provides money to schools and libraries for Internet connections and other telecommunications costs.Read the Full Story
The total Yale College term bill for the 2005-06 academic year will rise 5.5 percent to $41,000, University officials said Monday.Read the Full Story
The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) is requesting proposals from organizations for consulting services to complete a Centralized Logging Server solution recommendation and follow-on implementation. Proposals must be submitted to USAC by 5 p.m. on April 18, 2005.Read the Full Story