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Huge Gap Between College Costs, What Families Save; Tax-Deferred College Savings Plans Underused

It’s no secret that a college education provides a solid base for young people as they enter the working world. Most parents plan to send their kids to college, and according to a survey released today, 86 percent say that saving for their children’s education is their top financial priority. However, parents’ current savings habits […]

Convene.com Uses Collaborative Web-Based Training (CWBT) to Make Classrooms Come Alive

SAN FRANCISCO — Convene.com today announced the signing of an agreement with WebEx Communications, Inc., the leader in communications infrastructure for Web meetings, to integrate the WebEx Interactive Platform into the Izio™ online learning platform. With reduced travel budgets and training resources, many companies are looking for cost effective alternatives to reduce expensive Instructor-led classroom […]

PC price wars begin to shake loyalties

Once reluctant to change PC horses in midstream for lower prices alone, large companies faced with stringent cost-cutting policies are finding it increasingly difficult to ignore the temptation of dramatic price cuts.

The Seventh Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning: Emerging Standards of Excellence in Asynchronous Learning Networks

November 16-18, 2001 Orlando, Florida

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications

June 25-30, 2001 Tampere, Finland

Manhattan Schools Overcrowded: Classrooms Bursting at the Seams

NEW YORK: Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) released a United States Congressional Report that shows overcrowding in a staggering 85% of kindergarten through third grade classrooms in Manhattan school districts one through four. Parents and school officials joined Representative Maloney at P.S. 290 in District 2, to discuss the challenges they face in providing […]

Early start for language lessons

Schoolchildren in Liverpool are to start learning foreign languages at the age of three.

VH1 Save The Music Honored With CTPAA’S Golden Beacon Award For Campaign to Restore Music Education in America’s Public Schools

VH1 Save The Music Receives Highest Honors From Cable Television Public Affairs Association; VH1 Save The Music Also Receives 2001 Beacon Award For Best Educational Series or Campaign By A Cable Network

Industry cluster seeks global status for e-learning

As the e-learning industry booms forward, Ted Kraver, head of the Arizona Learning Technology Partnership, has organized the first industry cluster for e-learning.

Students from across nation to present Jupiter results to JPL

A few of the 2,300 students from 13 states who have used a huge remote-control radio telescope to measure energy from Jupiter’s radiation belts during the past six months will present their results May 4 to scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.