Epson America has developed a tool to make adding its products to federal funding applications much easier, the company announced this week.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 02/03/11
PBS will develop achievement-oriented content especially for the New York City Department of Education's School of One (So1) with the help of a $500,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. School of One is an experiment in personalizing education using multiple modalities of instruction, allowing students to learn at their own pace and according to their own respective strengths and weaknesses.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 02/01/11
Education initiative Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) has kicked off a new round of challenge grants aimed at helping middle school students improve their math and reading skills through the use of technology.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 01/28/11
The Greater St. Louis Science Fair has received a commitment from semiconductor and solar technology solutions provider MEMC to support the endangered annual event over an unspecified multi-year period.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 01/24/11
Teach For America is getting a financial boost for its efforts to recruit recent college graduates to teach math and science in high-needs communities.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 01/24/11
A free app recently released for Apple iOS devices allows users to log in and view data related to their school or district's E-Rate account.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/20/11
Taylor School District (TSD) of Taylor, MI is implementing a $14 million energy conservation and building modernization program, partially backed by federal ARRA funds, to address deferred maintenance and improve the comfort and safety of students and staff.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 01/19/11
Follett Corp. is launching a $100,000 competition for school libraries that are helping to drive student achievement and boosting information literacy through technology.
Google revealed Tuesday that it's launching the Google Science Fair, which the company described as the "first global online science competition." Google partnered with a number of organizations to launch the competition, including CERN, the Lego Group, National Geographic, and Scientific American.
A company that provides online tutoring services has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create an on-demand professional development system specifically to train middle school and high school math teachers.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/05/11