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Gates was speaking as the invited guest of some of the nation’s most powerful elected officials, at a National Governors Assn. meeting devoted to improving high school education across the country.Read the Full Story
WASHINGTON–As the unprecedented National Education Summit on High Schools came to a close today, the National Governors Association (NGA) and six partner foundations announced a $42 million initiative to ensure the summit’s resounding call to overhaul the nation’s high school system translates into action.Read the Full Story
Educators say these initiatives, and other online ventures that are broader but less deep in scope, herald a second wind for e-learning.Read the Full Story
1. eLearning in 2000 and 2004: Two Different Pictures When the so called “Lisbon Strategy†to make Europe the most competitive and socially inclusive economy in the world by 2010 was defined the need to include education and training as a key component of the eEurope Plan was immediately perceived. At the same time it […]
“The mission of the Partnership in advocating for information literacy as a central component of education is a perfect fit for AASL’s program goals,” said AASL President Dawn Vaughn. “We are proud to be part of this national coalition working to advance 21st century educational skills.”Read the Full Story
At the National Governors Association’s High School Summit today, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings called improving the quality of high school education in America “an urgent challenge” and “a national priority” and promoted President Bush’s High School Initiative to raise achievement levels.“Improving the quality of high school education is an urgent challenge that can […]
Saying he does not oppose consolidation, Gov. Manchin indicated he is committed to doing everything he can to preserve the community and rural schools located throughout the state.Read the Full Story
Tops on the list of endangered programs is the Technology Immersion Pilot, or TIP, a massive, $14.5 million initiative rolled out in 23 school districts across the state to study the impact of 21st-century technology on student learning in the middle grades.Read the Full Story
WASHINGTON–At a time when all young people need higher skills to be successful in an increasingly competitive economy, one third of U.S. students drop out of high school before graduation and half of those entering college never earn a degree. All told, less than one-fifth of the nation’s 9th-graders make it through the pipeline from […]
U.S. Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) it “crossed the line” by requiring the new anti-piracy technology in next-generation television devices. But another appeals judge on the panel questioned whether consumers could challenge the FCC’s rules in the courtroom.Read the Full Story