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Ask 17-year-old Matthew Smedberg what he has been reading lately. The Roman historian Livy tops the list, part of his Great Books curriculum. For fun, there have been a trilogy by the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz (“very well written and exciting”), “The Making of the Atomic Bomb” (“one of the few history books to get […]
The wireless, portable computer lab is up and running in the elementary classrooms in Granger.
In 1990, while pursuing a Masters degree in counseling, I designed a support group for nonspeaking, physically disabled adolescents. The target audience was to be students mainstreamed into regular education programs working at grade-level, using a type of assistive technology called augmentative (or alternative) aids. These devices have a synthesized or digitized voice and are […]
In the wake of anthrax-related scares that have delayed mail shipments across the country, some colleges are urging high school seniors to apply online to meet application deadlines.
Despite warnings by Gov. Jane Hull to protect public education, legislators have proposed eliminating more than $120 million for school computer equipment and software to help offset the $1.5 billion state deficit.
Students are cooking up some good careers at Del Norte High School.
There has been much debate about the great digital divide that separates those schools that can afford the latest technological resources and those that can’t. The Ohana Foundation believes this divide can be conquered through the collaboration of educators, researchers, businesses and opinion leaders. The foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to unlock […]
Sixteen-year-old Faith Essigmann has been homeschooled since third grade, so she wasn’t sure she’d like a typical high school environment.
Proctored broadcasts give students access to courses they need