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Internet telephony, known as voice over Internet protocol, which is rapidly growing in popularity, allows people to make calls using a computer and broadband connection by breaking the conversation into digital packets, just as an e-mail is sent.Read the Full Story
Higher education in California, particularly its community college system, is facing a funding and leadership crisis that could deprive hundreds of thousands of students of the opportunity for a public college education, dimming the state’s hopes for future prosperity, according to a new report.Read the Full Story
Andrew S. Rosen, President and Chief Operating Officer, Kaplan, Inc. and President, Kaplan College, testified this morning before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, calling for changes in the Higher Education Act that would provide more equitable treatment for non-traditional students.Read the Full Story
Proprietary schools enroll a larger share of minority, low-income, and non-traditional students than other schools, and should be treated more equitably under current law, witnesses said.Education & the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-OH) said, “There is a problem when schools serving some of the neediest students are treated like a second class. There is […]
During the last couple of years the frustration has been escalating and it appears to have reached a boiling point whereby private enterprise has decided to fight back and challenge the rules, regulations and fees. Read the Full Story
The regulations require a certified teacher to work with parents to “jointly develop” a learning plan for home-schooled students, rather than the current requirement of only having a certified teacher sign off on the plan.Read the Full Story
The decision will benefit Nextel Communications Inc., which holds neighboring spectrum, and wireless start-ups eager to lease space for phone calls and high-speed Internet traffic.Read the Full Story
The meeting, which coincides with the 3rd annual meeting of the African DLCs is also aimed at formulating a sustainable programme for the centers since they have out ived their experimental periods. Read the Full Story
Washington, D.C. (June 10, 2004) – The Consortium for School Networking, (www.cosn.org), and Grunwald Associates (www.Grunwald.com) today released results from a new survey of more than 455 K-12 school district technology decision makers. The “Digital Leadership Divide: Without Visionary Leadership, Disparities in School Technology Budgets Increase” survey reveals large and growing disparities in funding for […]
Dozens of home-schooling parents from across the state flooded the state Board of Education and Early Development with two hours worth of criticism of the proposed regulations during the opening of the board’s three-day meeting Wednesday in Fairbanks. Read the Full Story