April 30, 2012: Volume 19, Number 9

Tablet Use Grows, But Issues Remain

Tablet computers are the hot device for consumers and classrooms in 2012, but there are ongoing questions about how tablets will meet the needs of schools.“Buying the tablet is the ...

Testing Consortia Issue Tech Guidelines

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers in April issued guidelines intended to help schools and districts ...

Chippewa Valley Opts for Virtualization

Chippewa Valley, a Michigan district in the suburbs of Detroit serving 16,200 students with 12 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, four high schools and an alternative school, is in ...

Some Stimulus Spending Remains

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of February 2009 pledged $105.9 billion in education funding for schools, universities and childcare centers to be spent over two years. ...

Logical Choice Adds Letters alive

Logical Choice (Lawrenceville, Ga.), a distributor of learning technology, is becoming a producer of learning technology.Founded in 1994, Logical Choice represents brands, including ...

News Briefs, April 30,2012

Learning .com (Portland, Ore.) in April released Middle School STEM, integrated science, technology, engineering and math instruction with hands-on projects and career-focused units in ...

Around the States, April 30, 2012

In Florida in April, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a $69.9 billion fiscal 2013 state budget. The budget increases total state school spending by $849 million, with the total state ...

Spending for Longer-Term Stimulus Initiatives is Slow

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of February 2009 pledged $105.9 billion in education funding for schools, universities and childcare centers to be spent over two years. ...

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