News & Issues
- President Barack Obama is calling on states and districts to set higher standards for student achievement. In a speech delivered at the United States Department of Education headquarters in Washington, DC Friday, Obama highlighted some of the top reforms he thinks will help accomplish this and also announced $4.35 billion in competitive grants designed to help support innovative reform efforts.More
- Blackboard's patent on learning management system technologies has been overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The court ruled Monday in favor of Desire2Learn and invalidated some claims in patent No. 6,988,138, also known as the "Alcorn patent" or the "138 patent." But the saga will continue.More
- San Diego Unified School District in California is arranging to improve its online collaboration and communication tools.More
- The state of Michigan is moving toward computer-based testing for teacher certification for the first time. More
- Microsoft admitted last week that some users of Internet Explorer 8 may perceive its newest Web browser as sluggish.More
- The Northwest Regional Education Service District, an agency that works with 20 school districts in Oregon, is moving staff safety training online.More
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