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In a Senate floor speech this week, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., spoke on the merits of increased technology in classrooms, emphasizing that technology can, “open a child’s eyes to a world they might otherwise never have a chance to experience.” Enzi also commented on the overall value of the Better Education for Students and […]
Computers Change Classrooms, but Even Wired Schools Say They Need More Resources and Tech-Savvy Teachers
IBM and Riverdeep Group will work together to expand interactive learning solutions for K-12 schools worldwide.
Kelvin Mazara, a seventh grader at the Edison School in Union City, N.J., could not have appeared more engrossed in the morning’s assignment. He and his classmates had been asked to assemble a report about a play they had just read, “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, and Kelvin’s teacher was reviewing the […]
WebED, Inc. one of the nations leading providers of Internet-based professional development courses for educators, today announced the recent signing of three contracts to sell its courses to K-12 educators in the state of Mississippi.
Lightspan recently announced the Michigan Department of Education has approved their online assessment programs for use in approximately 4,000 K-5 schools. The initiative addresses the increased attention given to academic assessment and accountability, not only at the state level, but also at the federal level. School districts across the country are turning to Lightspan’s suite […]
Responding to the country’s insatiable hunger for data about schools and student performance – and for figuring out what it all means – a leading Wall Street firm has stepped into the breach.
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association and four school districts filed a lawsuit in April, alleging that cyber schools were never permitted under a 1997 law authorizing publicly funded, independently operated charter schools.
The Fennville Schools Educational Foundation is beginning a fund drive for a “Distance Learning Project,” a way for Fennville students to access information from around the nation.
Once a week throughout this school year, the students in Dalea Tatum’s fifth-grade class at the Woodlands Elementary School in Amarillo, Tex., prepared for the state’s standardized test, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills. But they did not use their trusty No. 2 pencils to fill in dots; instead, they practiced their test-taking skills on […]