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While fascination with space is as old as the first starry night, humanity’s first half-steps into outer space occurred only 46 years ago this October when a Soviet rocket punched through the clouds and put the first artificial satellite in orbit. Read the Full Article
New media are causing major changes in the nature of learning. There is a vast gap between the way people learn and the way in which new generations approach information and knowledge. Nonetheless, in the formal educational setting the new media are still under-represented. Read the Full Article
But nearly 400 students hoping to enroll this fall in the Minnesota Virtual Academy were rejected — one of the more unusual repercussions from the state’s lean school budget.Read the Full Article
The college has paired with the ed2go Web site to offer courses such as navigation of the Internet and the stock market, test prep, speed Spanish, stress management and Jungian philosophy. Read the Full Article
Both schools will be small, with no more than 500 students, and will emphasize science. Read the Full Article
Part 1 of the Commission’s Rules – Further Competitive Bidding Procedures; Amendment of Parts 21 and 74 to Enable Multipoint Distribution Service and the Instructional Television Fixed Service Amendment of Parts 21 and 74 to Engage in Fixed Two-Way Transmissions; Amendment of Parts Access the Document (PDF Format)
The acrimony between Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle’s chief executive, and his former protégé, Craig Conway, the chief executive of PeopleSoft, became even more evident last week when Mr. Ellison invited financial analysts and reporters to a discourse on the current state of play.Read the Full Article
Businesses selling to educators have become acutely aware of the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and are now touting a plethora of new and upgraded products, solutions, and services that promise to meet these new challenges. Read the Full Article
Usually written by one person, a weblog reflects personal opinions or commentary on items of interest to the author. Weblogs display the most recent entry first, allowing readers to identify new content easily.Read the Full Article
WASHINGTON-The National Council on Disability today released a policy paper that analyzes and answers the critical question: Does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) apply to commercial and other private sector Web sites, and if so, what does it require? Much discussion of this question seems to be conducted without careful attention to the case […]