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“We have very, very serious concerns and questions about this approach to education. It’s attacking the very core of what we do,” said high school teacher Mike Herrick, chief negotiator for the Fredonia Education Association. “As a professional, I just don’t like the idea that a CD-ROM would replace me.” Read the Full Article
“What are teachers doing with laptops and handhelds in math and sc advertisement ience classes? It’s a very simple question, but no one knows,” said Andy Zucker, principal investigator for the Ubiquitous Computing Evaluation Consortium and associate director at SRI International’s Center for Education Policy. Read the Full Article
The fourth-grader learned about fractions, decimals and long division. He asked his teacher when he had questions. He chatted with friends in class. Read the Full Article
During the 2003 spring semester, only 674 public high school students out of almost 600,000 enrolled took courses from the Illinois Virtual High School. Read the Full Article
The Department of Education will examine plans from companies to provide programs for direct instruction to students “through distance-online learning” – as well as in classrooms. Read the Full Article
APPLETON — As a teacher in Wisconsin’s only virtual elementary school, Lynne Rhodes is aware of a lawsuit threatening its future. Read the Full Article
The Arkansas Department of Education on Monday tentatively approved increasing the required minimum number of courses offered annually at all high schools from 38 to 60.5 units. The proposal is open to public comment and could be approved by the board as early as April. Read the Full Article
Social studies “President’s Day: United in Service” was unveiled February 14, 2003, at the White House website for kids. This new feature includes web-exclusive videos, presidential biographies developed with help from area 5th- graders, coloring pages by a White House artist, & resources on volunteer service, history, & civics. In web videos, “Lord of the […]
Before making the decision, which was based on the school board’s yearlong study of the idea, Jim Foster, assistant superintendent of Galena City School District in Alaska, told the five board members that they would run into opposition from a number of areas, including the Arizona Department of Education. Read the Full Article
To help meet the requirements of a new state law reducing average class sizes, United Teachers of Dade President Pat Tornillo proposed to Gov. Jeb Bush Feb. 10 that the state advertisement convert 1,680 high school computer labs into classrooms and give laptops to the students and teachers instead. Read the Full Article