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The National Academy Press

The National Academy Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States.

Executive Branch Television

EXBTV.com is the only Web site that brings you comprehensive and live covereage of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Watch Intoduction by Hugh Downs. Requires RealPlayer

IDEA 25th Anniversary, Website, and Annual Report

The US Department of Education celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). To commemorate the occasion, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS) launched its new “Lessons for All” IDEA 25th anniversary site. It offers information on the history of the act and its impact on improving results […]

LIVE Coverage! Endeavour Blasting Off to Space Station

Endeavour Blasting Off to Space Station

Capella University Winter Quarter Registration

Capella University offers more than 400 accredited online courses and degree programs for working adults. http://www.capellauniversity.edu/

10.11 An Evaluation of Online Distance Education Course Databases

The cumbersome process of locating the right course or program may discourage many from pursuing the distance learning option. Registration Required

Journal of Special Education Tchnology

Volume 15, Number 1, Winter 2000

Education Technology Resource Publications from NEA

Check out “Etools” and “Etools 2000.” These new NEA publications showcase creative ways to deliver lessons using technology. Educators submitted all of the practical, ready-to-use ideas in these resources. http://www.nea.org/technology/resource.htm

Virtual Pond Project Wins Double Honors for Utah Education Network

FARMINGTON, Utah, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ — ExplorA-Pond, a project of the non-profit Utah Education Network (UEN), is adding two new honors to its list of awards. The site address is: http://www.uen.org/utahlink/pond.

Baffled by all those shorthand text messages you receive? A new dictionary can help you GAL

In the good old days, it seems the only irritations we had to put up with were whistling (the culprits usually being old men in supermarkets), or the jingling of pocket change (usually old men at the bus stop). But what gets the furthest up people’s noses these days is the infernal mobile phone.