Policy

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  • UC's 32-percent fee hike sparks protest
    Fri, Nov 20, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Legislation , State Policy
    As protests raged outside, the University of California Board of Regents on Nov. 19 approved a 32-percent fee increase for students attending the state's premier public universities in a dramatic example of how the recession has hit public education hard. Key words: University of California, Board of Regents, student protests, tuition increases, college tuition [ Read More ]

  • Student lending landscape in flux
    Thu, Nov 19, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Federal Policy , Financial Aid
    College administrators face a student lending landscape in upheaval at a time when students are borrowing more money than ever to pay for college. Key words: college software, student lending, direct student loans, direct student loan, Arne Duncan [ Read More ]

  • Student lending landscape in flux
    Thu, Nov 19, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Federal Policy , Financial Aid
    College administrators face a student lending landscape in upheaval at a time when students are borrowing more money than ever to pay for college. Key words: college software, student lending, direct student loans, direct student loan, Arne Duncan [ Read More ]

  • Stakeholders advise on national ed-tech plan
    Tue, Nov 17, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Federal Policy
    Train every pre-service teacher to teach online in teacher-education programs at colleges and universities; invest in the development of open courseware with federal and state funding; encourage the use of technology to create new forms of assessment that better measure student learning gains; provide national standards for school IT support, with recommendations for optimal staffing levels and required skill sets: These are some of the many recommendations the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has received so far as officials prepare a new National Education Technology Plan. Key words: education plan, education technology, department of education, education funding, education assessments, school IT [ Read More ]

  • UM regents defy lawmakers' demand for porn policy
    Fri, Nov 13, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Legislation
    The University System of Maryland has defied a request from state lawmakers to create a policy regulating the display of pornographic films on its campuses, concluding that such a move would provoke costly free-speech lawsuits, reports the Baltimore Sun. [ Read More ]

  • Texas textbook politics meet the digital revolution
    Tue, Nov 10, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  State Policy
    Under new Texas state legislation, school districts for the first time can spend a portion of state textbook money on computer hardware and digital content -- and the state can stockpile open electronic material, making it available free to all schools. But some stakeholders, including State Board of Education members, fear the explosion of choice will produce an erosion of high-quality content, reports the Texas Tribune. [ Read More ]

  • Mich. bill pushes 'green' lessons for new drivers
    Mon, Nov 09, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Legislation
    Is it environmental awareness or political correctness? That's the question swirling around a bill recently introduced in the Michigan House that would require driver's education programs to propagate environmental doctrines to new drivers, reports the Detroit News. [ Read More ]

  • ED announces new tech chief
    Wed, Nov 04, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Federal Policy
    Karen Cator, former director of education leadership and advocacy for Apple Inc. and a long-time education technology leader, will serve as the new director of the Office of Educational Technology (OET) for the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Key words: Karen Cator, Department of Education, Apple Inc., educational technology [ Read More ]

  • Court: Public-records law covers 'metadata'
    Fri, Oct 30, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  State Policy
    Hidden data embedded in electronic public records must be disclosed under Arizona's public-records law, the state Supreme Court ruled Oct. 29 in a case that could have implications for public schools and colleges across the United States. Key words: public records, electronic data, state law, supreme court ruling, education technology, Arizona [ Read More ]

 

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