THE Journal: Smart Phones Set To Overtake Feature Phones This Year

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6/11/2013

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High Schoolers' Dreams Take Flight in Intern Program
A course that gives high school students a taste of what a career in aeronautics engineering looks like recently had its final exam — and participants passed with "flying colors."
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Smart Phones Set To Overtake Feature Phones This Year
Smart phones are expected to overtake feature phones in worldwide shipments for the first time this year. According to a new forecast, year-over-year growth in smart phones will approach 33 percent in 2013 and continue strong for the next five years.
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West Virginia Department of Ed Adds Career Readiness System To Help High Schoolers
West Virginia's Department of Education has begun promoting the use of an application to help students connect what they're learning in high school to what they'll need to know for specific careers or college.
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Minnesota School District Implements System for Making Secure Online Payments
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools in St. Paul, Minnesota has eliminated its paper-based payment system and switched to a financial management structure to handle all school-related fees online.
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Florida School District Deploys District Wide Wireless LAN
Hillsborough County Public Schools has begun implementation of a district-wide wireless local area network to support the growing number of wireless devices in use by students, faculty, and staff.
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President Obama Reveals Initiative To Connect 99 Percent of Students to High-Speed Broadband Within 5 Years
President Barack Obama has announced the ConnectED initiative to build high-speed digital connections to the country's schools and libraries. The initiative aims to connect 99 percent of students to high-speed Internet within five years.
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New York District To Switch SIS To Cut Expenses
Comsewogue School District is replacing its student information system with another one to save money and improve its processes.
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UK School Shifts to Cloud for Disaster Recovery
A private school in England has shifted its backup to a cloud-based service and expects to move all of its operations online within five years.
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Rediker Integrates Online Gradebook with Student Information System
Rediker Software has released a Web-based gradebook that integrates with Administrator's Plus, its student information system. TeacherPlus Gradebook, available now, allows school districts to monitor student progress in real time.
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