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• May 27, 2009
• 20:03

  A Fit Body Means a Fit Mind

   » ‎ Edutopia
  
• 20:03

  A Fit Body Means a Fit Mind

   » ‎ Edutopia
  
• 17:33

  Kids Create -- and Critique on -- Social Networks

   » ‎ Edutopia
  
• 14:57

  Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts

   » ‎ Edutopia
  

• 14:57

  Study Links Teacher Movement to Influx of Black Students

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  An analysis of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., finds better-qualified teachers moved when demographics of schools changed after desegregation.
• 12:08

  A Tragic Lesson in Anti-Gay Bullying

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  “Words such as ‘gay,’ ‘fag,’ and ‘queer’ are often used as the most hurtful insults students can throw at one another,” writes Joleen Hanlon.
• 11:19

  Solitude: A Flashlight Under the Covers

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  “Schools seem to have forgotten that students need ample quiet time for thinking, reading, and puzzling over problems,” says Diana Senechal.
• 9:56

  Schwarzenegger Details $5.5B More Cuts to Calif. Budget

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  
• 9:30

  Ireland Demands Catholic Orders Reveal Finances

   » ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
  

• 3:00

  Districts Throughout Oklahoma Implementing Electronic Alert System

   » ‎ THE Journal
  On the heels of a preferred agreement between the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration (CCOSA) and electronic alert technology provider SchoolReach, more than 35 districts in the state have signed up for the company's Instant Parent Contact System in the first quarter of 2009.
• 3:00

  Partnership Brings Free Books to Title I Schools

   » ‎ THE Journal
  First Book, a non-profit provider of books to children in need, has partnered with collaborative education software maker ePals to provide free books to Title I schools enrolled in the company's In2Books e-mentoring program.
• 3:00

  Partnership Melds Network Monitoring with Student Information System

   » ‎ THE Journal
  Two companies have teamed up to add network monitoring and reporting to student information management. Lightspeed Systems, which sells network security software for the education market, has partnered with Logic Key, which sells Harmony School Management Software, to create an integrated application to identify and address possible safety and security issues.
• 3:00

  Calaveras Unified Completes $3 Million Network Upgrade

   » ‎ THE Journal
  Calaveras Unified School District (CUSD) in California has completed a $3 million district-wide network upgrade that includes a new IP telephony system along with an upgraded gigabit network infrastructure and a 100 megabit point-to-point wireless WAN across the school sites.

• 0:00

  Action Alert-Protect EETT in FY10

   » ‎ ISTE Recent News Feed
  Earlier this month, the Obama Administration proposed to cut funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program by 63% for FY10. This would slash funding for EETT from $269.9 million to only $100 million. Act now! Contact Congress to support funding EETT.