Obama promotes plans for wireless expansion
President Barack Obama wants nearly all Americans to have access to speedy wireless services. He's promoting that plan in a small city in Michigan that's becoming a model…
Month: February 2011
Counting by race can throw off some numbers
The chameleon-like quality of some people's racial and ethnic identification might seem trivial except that statistics on ethnicity and race are used for many important purposes, reports the…
Special Report: In Saudi Arabia, a clamor for education
Saudi teenager Abdulrahman Saeed lives in one of the richest countries in the world, but his prospects are poor, he blames his education, and it's not a situation…
Feds reverse course on open education mandate
The departments of Education and Labor have heeded calls from online education experts to change a mandate in a $2 billion grant program that opened last month, meaning…
Laura Bush to announce 2nd education initiative
The George W. Bush Institute is planning to introduce its second big education initiative Wednesday, a program that seeks to improve graduation rates by focusing on middle schools,…
After a false dawn, anxiety for illegal immigrant students
In December that bill, known as the Dream Act, passed the House, then failed in the Senate, reports the New York Times.
Feds settle case of woman fired over Facebook site
School and other employers should think twice before trying to restrict workers from talking about their jobs on Facebook or other social media.
Obama to push for new ed-tech agency
President Obama will request fiscal 2012 funding for an educational technology agency within the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that would bring resources and funding to schools and…
FCC to update phone subsidy program for broadband
The federal government spends more than $4 billion a year, collected from phone bills, to subsidize phone service in rural and poor areas. Now, it's considering ways to…
Online courses, still lacking that third dimension
When colleges and universities finally decide to make full use of the internet, most professors will lose their jobs, says Randall Stross for Digital Domain.