Home teaching ‘needs more checks’
It is estimated that many thousands learn outside mainstream schools, but parents do not have to let officials know what they are studying. Read the Full Story
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Veneman Announces Availability Of $9 Million In Broadband Grant Funds
“This program helps open the door to today’s high speed, high technology in the most isolated of rural communities,†said Veneman. “In today’s world it is critical to connect basic community services to high speed telecommunications.â€The Broadband Community Connect program is in its third year, having already invested $21.3 million in grant funds to connect […]
Violent Television Programming And Its Impact on Children Notice of Inquiry
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Parents, Policy Makers and Community Leaders in South Carolina Gain Instant Access to Powerful Student Achievement Data and Analysis
NEW YORK, July 27 /PRNewswire/ — Parents in South Carolina can see how their child’s school compares to other schools in South Carolina and whether they need to take action to improve their child’s education. Read the Full Story
CEA Filing Underscores Need For Promotion Of DTV On Analog Channels And Program Listings
“CEA conducts numerous programs to increase public knowledge about the DTV transition and broadcast reception in particular, and now is the time for broadcasters to increase their efforts as well by running public service announcements (PSAs) and similar promotions,” CEA wrote in its filing. Read the Full Story
Lawmakers call for more eRate scrutiny
“Thank God for groups like San Francisco that are self-enforcing, but I don’t see any real effort at the federal level to apportion the amount that goes out each year,” Barton said during the second Congressional hearing on eRate waste, fraud, and abuse, held by the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee July 22 on Capitol […]
Polycom Announces Appointment of Steve Huey to CMO; Former Compaq/HP Veteran to Lead Go-to-Market Strategy
PLEASANTON, Calif. – July 22, 2004 – Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM), the world’s leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, today announced the appointment of Steven C. Huey as Chief Marketing Officer reporting to Chairman and CEO Robert Hagerty. A global branding and marketing communications veteran, Huey has led marketing organizations at top information technology […]
Fake MBAs on increase
According to leading credentials-verification company Kroll MIE, there has been a resurgence in bogus internet degrees as well as in degrees awarded for so-called “life experience”. Read the Full Story
APTS [The Association of Public Television Stations] President John Lawson Lays Out Public Television Stations’ Plan To Complete The Digital Transition Before House Panel
Lawson made his remarks in testimony at a hearing titled “The Digital Transition: What We Can Learn from Berlin” before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.Read the Full Story
Idaho adds $5M to its PLATO Learning deal
On July 15, PLATO Learning snagged a new contract worth $5.03 million to provide Idaho public schools with a computerized program that will help struggling students pass the state’s mandatory high school graduation test. In January, Idaho signed a $16.8 million contract with PLATO Learning to provide software and support for Idaho’s statewide computerized student […]