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Benson said 19 school districts are being invited to submit proposals, and up to five of them will be chosen to get laptops and wireless connections for their seventh-graders and their teachers. Read the Full Story
Call for Participation Deadline: December 19th Access Conference Site
Students returning to classes are finding themselves summarily unplugged if their computers are infected. Oberlin College in Ohio is threatening to fine students $25 for inadvertently spreading a virus. Read the Full Story
Megan Angstadt, 16, sued a central Pennsylvania school district in an attempt to play for Middleburg High School.Read the Full Story
Of course, we have heard the unbridled enthusiasm for these technology-assisted initiatives. One could get the impression that this is an education revolution that differs elementally from anything that has come before. Indeed, the technologies and their applications are different from those of a decade ago. But what often goes unnoticed is that those educational […]
Juggling a packed schedule, the 17-year-old turned to cyberspace, joining a growing number of students in Illinois and nationwide logging into classes from the comforts of home. Read the Full Story
Founded in June 2000, Michigan Virtual High School (MVHS) has quickly grown to become the second-largest virtual high school in the country. Since its inception, MVHS has served more than 72,000 Michigan students and teachers through online courses, learning tools and professional development. Read the Full Story
Laptop users can now access e-mail, the Penn State Portal, LIAS and many other Internet services while sipping coffee between classes in the HUB’s upstairs student lounge or conducting research in the Robeson Center Library. Read the Full Story
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House Education & the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-OH) and 21st Century Competitiveness Subcommittee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) today introduced a congressional report declaring that the nation’s higher education system is in crisis as a result of exploding cost increases that threaten to put college out of reach […]
MarketTimes, a web-based information service focused on the postsecondary education market, issued the first edition of the “MarketTimes Update”, a bi-monthly report that includes data and analysis critical to organizations doing business in post-secondary education. The September update entitled “Adult Students & Distance Education,” focuses on two recent reports issued by the National Center for […]