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Educational News FeedHurricane Help for SchoolsPresident Bush announced another resource in the nation's continuing efforts to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina -- Hurricane Help for Schools, a new web page aimed at getting additional supplies to schools serving students displaced by the hurricane.... SAT Results Encouraging, More Work RemainsIn response to the College Board's announcement of the 2005 SAT scores, Secretary Spellings said high schools must do more to prepare students for the future.
... New Grant OpportunitiesRecent notices inviting applications from ED include: Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects and Striving Readers and Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need.... New Teaching ResourcesEnvironmental science, geologic time, linguistics, prehistoric rock art, and Einstein's four papers that changed how we think about time and space are topics of new resources at FREE.... Educators facing a flood of complexityOne week after Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of the Gulf Coast in the worst natural disaster in U.S. history, state and local education officials in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and elsewhere were hard at work s... ... Computer simulation is 'making history'A simulation-style computer video game that allows players to act as world leaders, make momentous decisions, and discover the consequences is being used to teach students history.
Muzzy Lane Software of Newburyport, ... ... Going Back to School Means Going Wireless - Business WireAs students begin their back-to-school pilgrimage, one thing stands out this year -- the dramatic adoption of wireless networking technologies throughout large and small schools and school districts across the country. As evidence of this untethered trend... Computers becoming more intricate part of the classroom - J.J. KINDRED, ZWireIn this day and age, the computer is relied on more than ever before, and it seems like most businesses can't run without them. The school system is in that same mode, as all the county schools have them to keep up with their student and financial record... Local discontent with 'No Child Left Behind' growsSome states have filed lawsuits or passed laws trumping the federal mandates.... Ball State University students pay price for laptop initiative - GAIL KOCH, The Star PressAndrew Brubaker already owned one laptop. He didn't want to have to buy another. Yet as a new education major at Ball State University last fall, the 20-year-old college student had few other options. The university informed Brubaker, and hundreds of othe... Censoring the Internet in schools: is it going too far? - Jen Horsey, Canadian PressIt's second nature for kids to plug into technology - heading online to chat with friends, play games and research their homework. But educators are finding that the vast, uncontrollable sprawl of the Internet is bringing new challenges to the classroom.... Schools to Test New Technology Aimed at Improving Test ScoresThe Tennessee Department of Education announced today that 37 schools have been selected to pilot a new technology program. Each of the schools will participate in an online formative assessment program this coming school year from The Princeton Review, I... Back-to-School Event Highlights Summer of ProgressSecretary Spellings kicked off back-to-school season by highlighting a summer of great gains for the nation's schoolchildren. ... New Teaching ResourcesEnvironmental science, geologic time, linguistics, prehistoric rock art, and Einstein's four papers that changed how we think about time and space are topics of new resources at FREE.... Tech-savvy schools push inovation - Nick Pinto, the BeaconThere is something timeless about back-to-school season. Generations of students have ticked off the same items on their late-August to-do lists. Pencils? Books? An outfit for the first day back? But in recent years, the classrooms that students are retur... Does technology help students cheat? - Nick Pinto, the BeaconTechnological innovation may be opening whole new educational vistas at Acton-Boxborough schools, but learning how to live with new technology in classrooms and hallways isn't always easy. Camera-phones, text-messaging, and high-speed wireless Internet ac... "American Stars" ShineThis week, teachers from across the country received "American Stars in Teaching" awards from the U.S. Department of Education. Here are newspaper articles from Arizona, Florida, and Oklahoma.... Test Scores Show Dramatic Improvements in Core SubjectsThe Associated Press reported on the results of Oregon's state tests, noting that "Oregon students of all ages improved across the board on state tests in core subjects in the 2004-2005 school year, a bright spot for educators who have spent much of the past few years coping with budget cuts and increasing government regulations."
... District's laptop sale triggers stampedeHenrico County, Va., school leaders got a hard lesson in supply and demand on Aug. 16 when a rush to purchase $50 used laptops from the district turned into a violent stampede, with people getting thrown to the pavement,... ... N.D. rolls out guidance softwareSchool guidance counselors across North Dakota are training to use new college-preparation software that will be deployed in all of the state's public middle and high schools this fall, as part of a deal reached in June ... ... |
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