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Schwarzenegger seeks shift from prisons to schools
With his state strapped for cash and his legacy looming, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Jan. 6 proposed to greatly reduce the amount of money California spends on its prisons and…
Universities play role in broadband expansion
Colleges and universities will help bring broadband internet to underserved schools, businesses, and neighborhoods after Vice President Joe Biden announced the first round of federal stimulus funds to expand high-speed…
UC energy savings could top $30M
The 10 University of California campuses expect to save $36 million in annual utility costs after a series of green initiatives that include replacing 500 energy-intensive computer servers at UC…
Ed-tech grants target remedial college courses
Social networking soon could be used to help form a virtual community of campus educators charged with creating a national certification for teachers of remedial college courses, after the Bill…
Competition seeks ways to transform learning
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced a $2 million open competition for ideas to transform learning using digital media. Key words: MacArthur Foundation, educational technology, school…
Gates Foundation funds teacher quality models
Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality -- from paying new teachers to spend…
8-state cyber consortium gets $2.7 million grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.7 million grant to an eight-state consortium of technology centers and community colleges that is working to block cyber attacks and stop the…
Princeton receives $25M from Google CEO For tech fund
Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, have donated $25 million to Princeton University to create an endowment fund supporting technology research, reports the Huffington Post.…
Obama urges investment in high-tech education
President Obama on Sept. 22 pushed his plans to make the nation's economy more stable in the future by investing in education for high-tech industries, reports CNNMoney.com. …
Insurers fight converged devices as speech-impairment remedies
Medicare and private health insurers decline to cover cheap devices such as iPhones and netbook PCs that can help speech-impaired students and others, despite their usefulness and lower cost, reports…