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A newly released study of advanced-placement mathematics and science courses, which have become an important ingredient for admission to elite colleges, is highly critical of the curriculums that most of those courses cover and the way they are taught. Read the Full Article http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/15/education/15COUR.html
HARWICH – Harwich High School added 156 new courses to its schedule a month ago and it didn’t cost taxpayers a dime. The school of just 480 students hired no new staff and there was no need for an addition to the building. Read the Full Story http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/virtualschool13.htm
Competition for virtual charter schools in Wisconsin heated up Tuesday with the announcement that the company led by William J. Bennett, the former secretary of education, expects to begin operating such a school in Wisconsin by this fall. Read the Full Story http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/feb02/19853.asp
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Feb. 11 announced a program to give equipment and software reportedly worth $50 million to teacher colleges, education departments, and regional training centers over the next three years. His announcement came at the company’s Connected Learning Community Technology Summit in Seattle, Feb. 11-13. Read the Full Story http://eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3513
Rants and musings on a district-operated site lead to new rules. So Pinellas teachers stake a claim to their own spot online.
As a former teacher and principal, Greg Butler understands firsthand the pain and reward of the education profession. He has worked on teacher development at the university level, as well as at the regional level in Australia around the use of technology in classrooms. As manager of Educator and Student Development at Microsoft, Butler is […]
In a Team 2 report, KATU’s Deanna Connell investigates online learning in a program where students can learn from virtually anywhere they can log onto a computer. Read the entire story
When President George W. Bush unveils his fiscal year 2003 budget today, some $13 million in earmarks for the state in federal funds from the Department of Education budget could be on the cutting room floor. Read the entire story online
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Education officials are taking a close look at the state’s first and only “virtual school” before they decide whether to grant a charter to a proposed Internet-based school.
A “virtual” charter school being proposed in Granville County has received mixed reviews by several local superintendents.