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Review: 5 eBook readers for less than $175

When Amazon.com’s ground-breaking Kindle eBook reader came out in 2007, it cost $399. Now, some eReaders, including the most recent Kindle entry, can be had for just north of $100.SOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article

New project could improve results from school web searches

Creative Commons, educational publishers have teamed up to make search results more relevant for students and teachersSOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article

Providence Equity in Lead to Buy Blackboard, Bloomberg Says

Providence Equity is the leading candidate to buy Blackboard Inc., the dominant course-management software company in higher education, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing an anonymous source. Blackboard announced in April that it was considering takeover offers from unnamed bidders. SOURCE: Wired Campus Read the Full Article

Choctaw-Nicoma Park Public Schools and Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy Announce New Online Public School

CHOCTAW, Okla., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Families in Oklahoma now have access to an innovative new public school with the opening of the Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy (OVCA). SOURCE: PR NewswireRead the Full Story

Delaware Schools Move to Microsoft Live@edu

DOVER, Del., and REDMOND, Wash. — June 7, 2011 — The Delaware Department of Education today announced it is working with Microsoft Corp. to bring Microsoft Live@edu, an innovative suite of online communication and collaboration tools, to students, faculty and staff in district and charter schools throughout the state. SOURCE: MicrosoftRead the Full Article

Franklin County virtual academy created

Chambersburg Area School District has 238 students who attend a form of online charter school.SOURCE: Public OpinionRead the Full Story

Virtual schools showing real growth

PALM COAST — Kim Medley said she was “fed up” with public schools. Her son, Ean, was receiving poor instruction and other children were “out of control.” SOURCE: The Daytona Beach News JournalRead the Full Story

SETDA forum illuminates key ed-tech trends

Attending this year’s annual State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA) Education Forum was like sitting through a timeline of technology integration in schools during the last few years: Participants heard about what’s now the norm (interactive whiteboards, or IWBs), what’s hot on everyone’s list (digital textbooks), and what’s on the horizon (national high school reform).SOURCE: […]

Virtual Learning Gets Real Boost From House

State lawmakers have endorsed a measure to create a new distance learning program that would give students in every school district virtual access to both basic and advanced classes. Read the Full Article Source: flatheadbeacon.com

Virtual Learning Gets Real Boost From House

State lawmakers have endorsed a measure to create a new distance learning program that would give students in every school district virtual access to both basic and advanced classes. Read the Full Article Source: flatheadbeacon.com