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The Case for De-Funding Public Broadcasting

There was a time when non-commercial public broadcasting may have offered an alternative that people couldn’t find elsewhere. With the rise of cable television and talk radio, however, U.S. taxpayer underwriting of television and radio is no longer needed. The public should not have to subsidize public broadcasting through tax dollars or tax breaks.Read the […]

PBS Characters Rally for Public Television

Clifford the Big Red Dog joined Democratic lawmakers and other PBS supporters on Tuesday to protest proposed cuts in federal funding for public broadcasting.Read the Full Story

Managing E-Learning Strategies: Design, Delivery, Implementation and Evaluation

Evaluation provides readers with a broad understanding of the emerging field of e-learning and also advises readers on the issues that are critical to the success of a meaningful e-learning environment. It walks you through the various factors critical to developing, evaluating and implementing e-learning. Throughout the book critical e-learning factors are presented as questions […]

Fits and starts for open source

Sun offers up source code via GlassFish project but falls short of its stated goal. Also: Open source continues its encroachment into server software.Read the Full Story

eCollege’s Learning Outcome Manager to Enable Evidence-Based Method for Proving Student Mastery of Learning Outcomes

Functionality Leverages eCollege’s Content Manager and Program Intelligence Manager to Support Accreditation and Drive Program Improvement and GrowthRead the Full Story

Same Ethernet: Different Card

Level 5 Networks says it has a networking card that’s much faster than an Ethernet connection –…Read the Full Story

Using Multimedia with Blackboard for Graduate Courses in Teacher Education

Teaching and learning online has become a mandate for educators involved in schooling or training in post high school instructional endeavors. Ask students why they prefer online courses and the most likely answer will be that it is far and away more convenient. However, researchers claim that students often rate online courses lower than face-to-face […]

Does It Matter Who Owns SunGard SCT?

Or, what does the SCT buyout mean for customers in higher education?Read the Full Story

Taught at Home, but Seeking to Join Activities at Public Schools

STRASBURG, Pa., June 16 – Mary Mellinger began home-schooling her eldest sons, Andrew and Abram, on the family’s 80-acre dairy farm five years ago, wanting them to spend more time with their father and receive an education infused with Christian principles. Home schooling could not, however, provide one thing the boys desperately wanted – athletic […]

Dems float $3.4B in new teacher aid

chambers of Congress have introduced a bill that would provide $3.4 billion in additional funding to improve the quality of teaching in the nation’s schools, including $200 million to recruit math and science teachers and another $200 million to develop data systems for tracking and analyzing student progress and train teachers in their use.Read the […]