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Secretary Spellings Announces Plans for More Affordable, Accessible, Accountable and Consumer-Friendly U.S. Higher Education System

Washington, D.C. — To help keep America competitive and provide students and families with more information and more affordable access to higher education, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced her plans to improve the U.S. higher education system, based on the recommendations in the final report of her Commission on the Future of […]

The Spelling Plan

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings plans a many faceted campaign to carry out the recommendations of her Commission on the Future of Higher Education, including providing matching funds to colleges and states that collect and publicly report how well their students learn, building a “privacy protected” database of college students’ academic records, and streamlining the process […]

Navy Knowledge Online

Leaders from the Naval Education and Training Command are pushing the Navy’s single Web portal for training, education and professional growth to its limits thanks in part to dedicated industry partners and host of new users. NKO is the tool to equalize training opportunities throughout the workforce.Read the Full Story

States offer one-stop Web sites for college applicants

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) — With her first child headed for college this fall and two more soon to follow, Carol Wright was lost.Read the Full Story

Webcast Schedule: Collaboration in K12 Schools: Anywhere, Anytime, Any Way

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Virtual school ‘beats real thing’

“Good morning everyone,” says the teacher. “Right, settle down. Now, has everyone got their poems out?”Read the Full Story

Virtual school ‘beats real thing’

“Good morning everyone,” says the teacher. “Right, settle down. Now, has everyone got their poems out?”Read the Full Story

Computer scientist spearheads $30 million ‘Open Science Grid’

University of Wisconsin-Madison computer scientists will play a central role in the expansion of a national “Open Science Grid” (OSG), an interconnected computing infrastructure that provides scientists with a massive infusion of computing power and storage capacity to solve large, data-intensive challenges in science. Read the Full Story

eLearning boosts opportunities for lifelong learning in Europe – but uptake is modest

eUser, a Europe-wide survey of citizen needs and preferences related to lifelong learning and eLearning, funded by the EU, finds that two in three persons who have done an eLearning course are satisfied with the experience.Read the Full Story

LONDON 2012 : 2012 launches online education resource

/noticias.info/ Aiming to help children develop their knowledge and enthusiasm for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, ‘On Your Marks’ is the first step in the Education Programme that will develop ahead of 2012.Read the Full Story