News & Issues
- A report released in December by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning (CFTL) indicated that in California, where schools are pursuing ambitious education reform, while many teachers are well qualified to take on the demands of such an effort, many more simply are not up to the task.More
- In an effort to inspire K-12 students to pursue STEM education, as well as careers in the field, MIT has formed a strategic alliance with FIRST, a nonprofit dedicated to building interest in STEM-related education via innovative means.More
- The University of Colorado at Boulder has devised the Learning Assistant program in an effort to give a boost to K-12 STEM teaching The school launched the LA program as a means to recruit and train eager, talented K-12 science teachers, encourage faculty to recruit such teachers, and improve overall undergraduate science education through greater engagement of students.More
- Discovery Education has announced the Discovery Educator Network SCIcon (DENSCIcon) 2010, a free, virtual professional development event demonstrating the many ways educators can integrate digital content and educational technologies into science education.More
- Microsoft denied that its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server software is subject to new-found security vulnerability.More
- Harrisonburg City Public Schools, a 4,400-student K-12 district in Harrisonburg, VA, has centralized and consolidated its wireless network using gear from Aerohive Networks.More
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