High school girls courted for tech careers
The message of the day for west suburban middle school girls was technology, technology, technology.
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Montana Office of Public Instruction Expands High School Curriculum Through Apex Learning’s Online Courses
Apex Learning Inc., a builder and operator of virtual schools, and Montana Office of Public Instruction today announced a strategic agreement to expand online courses and support services to high school students and teachers across the state. Under the terms of the agreement, Apex Learning will provide online Advanced Placement (AP) courses, infrastructure and support […]
Apple Launches the Apple Teacher Institutes
CUPERTINO, California — Apple® today announced the Apple Teacher Institutes, a series of hands-on technology workshops for K-12 educators across the United States and Canada this summer. Workshop participants will learn to effectively utilize technology to maximize planning and instructional time, expand their individual areas of expertise, engage an increasingly diverse student body, and discover […]
AP Program Assumes Larger Role
Expressing the belief that “America’s young people are a lot smarter than we give them credit for,” then-U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley issued a challenge to the nation’s high schools in February of last year. Offer at least one Advanced Placement course by the fall of 2001, he said at a Washington gathering, […]
Online Courses to Improve Teacher Technology Skills
Teachers seeking to boost their technology skills can choose from a growing variety of online offerings ranging from three-week skill boosting courses to labor-intensive master’s degrees.
Cyber classes give students flexibility – from a distance
Courses provide easy access to material, but not instructors
States putting AP courses online
Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee have enacted a program to offer Advanced Placement courses online for qualified high school students.
US schools seek teachers
The shortage of teachers is troubling schools in the United States as well as in England.
Knowledge Knows No Boundaries Via Net
Developing interesting math and science lessons for local school districts can be a daunting and time-consuming task, but what about a curriculum for three countries?
Schools slowly turning to e-books
A school in New Jersey has become the latest in a growing number of schools taking a close look at online textbooks.