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Lightspan, Inc. (NASDAQ: LSPN – news) announced Lightspan’s K-2 software for Math, Reading, and Language Arts have been approved for listing in California’s Legal Compliance Catalog, meaning schools throughout the state can purchase Lightspan Achieve Now’s K-2 programs using $41 million proposed for the state’s Instructional Materials Fund (IMF) for 2001-2002. Lightspan also announced today […]
Schools and libraries that have applied for federal funds to help subsidize telecommunications services and Internet access soon will receive letters saying whether theyve been approved.
Almost 60 Chicagoland librarians, attorneys, and staff and members of the Chicago-based American Library Association (ALA) gathered in June to raise funds for the ALA’s federal lawsuit against the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA). The event was hosted by Lakeview residents Gerald Hodges and Charles Harmon at the Union League Club. More than $8,000 was […]
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige today announced that Carol D’Amico has been formally sworn in as assistant secretary for vocational and adult education.
Two of the industry’s leading players in online training announced today an agreement that will deliver more than 500 technical training programs using IP satellite technology. Global Knowledge, the world’s largest independent provider of IT education solutions, will make available its catalog of IT training courseware for users of CyberStar’s ClearStream Live, a satellite-based network […]
The University of Hawai’i-Manoa has begun recruiting students for nursing courses that will be taught electronically at Kaua’i Community College beginning next year.
Web Crossing, Inc. announced its newest specialized community solution, Campus Crossing. Campus Crossing is a new Web Crossing-based intranet/extranet solution optimized and pre-configured especially for educational use and corporate training. Now setting up a high-quality, full strength online education space is easy, with features specially tailored for teaching such as public and private discussion areas, […]