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Apple announced plans to acquire PowerSchool, the leading provider of web-based student information systems for K-12 schools and school districts. PowerSchool gives school administrators and teachers the ability to manage student records and lets parents track their childrens progress. The PowerSchool student information system has been selected by 2,000 schools nationwide.
Another in a series of Microsoft essays on technology and society focuses on education reform and the opportunities technology provides to improve the nation’s educational system.
A bewildering array of websites exist which can help children with their homework. One intriguing topic surfaced while browsing the database of websites available at the website Teachers @ work.
Boston schools are being driven into the future by strategic partnerships between the public and private sectors. Read about how and why Boston, with a computer-to-student ratio of 1-to-6, has become a model of success in education technology.
MARIEMONT — Mary Halsall teaches science to 20 high school students, but she has never seen their faces. Mrs. Halsall, a Mariemont High School biology teacher, is one of a growing number of high school instructors in the Tristate opting to design and teach an Internet course for the Virtual High School project.
NEWTON, Mass. — Although K-12 educators have an abundance of software to teach educational basics, much of it ends up sitting on the shelf because it can’t be customized to deliver teachers’ lesson plans or meet diverse student needs. Maestro Learning Inc., a pioneering e-learning company, today announced the launch of Maestro Online, a subscription-based […]
In the wake of recent school shootings, a former Columbine High School student is harnessing the Net by launching teen programs aimed at social responsibility.
ATLANTA and BELLEVUE, Wash.– Apex Learning joins with American Computer Experience to meet growing demand for online information technology courses and keep high school students ahead of the technology curve Apex Learning Inc., a builder and operator of virtual schools, today announced an agreement with American Computer Experience (ACE), the nation’s leading provider of advanced […]
SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates today addressed school and education technology leaders from across the United States and Canada, challenging them to work with industry and government to address some of the most pressing issues at the heart of the national education debate. During a keynote speech that closed […]