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Her weekly e-mail home includes upcoming test dates and information about material that is being covered in class. She can respond to messages while students are taking exams instead of waiting until her planning period. And if she’s home sick, she can still check the messages sent to her school account.Read the Full Story
Frank Rich of The New York Times; Susan Ness, a former FCC commissioner; and Robert Corn-Revere, a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine, agreed that powerful media companies are not the target of the “decency” sword of Damocles, which some members of Congress will hold over candidates at future confirmation hearings for FCC commissioners. Rather, it […]
“The idea of this channel is similar to the educational TV established during the 1970s. We are going to present the entire curriculum for all grades, along with scientific programmes which are useful for the students,” Baha’a Yehyah, director of the education channel, told IRIN in the capital Baghdad. Read the Full Story
WASHINGTON, DC, Apr 14, 2005 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB), a leading provider of e-Learning software and services to more than 2,200 universities and K-12 schools worldwide, is expanding awareness of its software products and services across Europe.Read the Full Story
Wakefield, MA (April 14, 2005) — Course Advisor Inc., an online research directory for education and training resources, today announced that it had received its first round of funding. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to the company, the funding will be used to add staff and build out technical infrastructure to support […]
Kuwait, 13 April, 2005 –The American University of Kuwait (AUK) has adopted the SCT Luminis Platform, it was announced today by SunGard SCT, an operating unit of SunGard (NYSE:SDS). AUK’s move to the SCT Luminis Platform, a digital campus portal solution, complements the University’s successful 2004 adoption of SCT Banner, one of the world’s most […]
The company, based in Cupertino, Calif., posted revenue growth of 70 percent in the second quarter, from $1.91 billion to $3.24 billion. Profit in the quarter was $290 million, or 34 cents a share, compared with $46 million, or 6 cents in the period a year ago.Read the Full Story
Dr. John C. Boling, director of SAS inSchool, and Larry Seigler, retired business executive, of Greenville, have been named as co-chairs of the Commission.Read the Full Story
As a recipient of an AP Academy Grant, a prescribed number of middle school and high school students may sign up to take a variety of courses with classmates across the nation and even the world.Read the Full Story
The super-fast “Internet2” network that connects universities for research and learning is also reportedly popular among college students who download pirated music and movies: Read the Full Story