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New poll says entrepreneurial workforce is critical to America’s future success in global economyJune 16, 2009 A new report from the Junior Achievement Innovation Initiative (JAII) and Gallup shows that employers (those responsible for hiring decisions) and employees alike believe that America’s workforce needs to become more More..
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New survey shows school IT breaches increasingMay 25, 2009 On May 18, CDW G announced the results of the 2009 School Safety Index. Based on a nationwide survey of over 400 K 12 district IT and security directors, the index measures 10 indicators and four contraindicators to set a More..
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Recent survey says 40% of ID theft is from browser-based password softwareMay 18, 2009 Researchers from the Department of Computer Science at the University of California Santa Barbara have released a publication about the operation of a botnet known as Torpig. The team controlled the botnet for 10 days, and during More..
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Study Shows Web 2.0 Underutilized in SchoolsMay 1, 2009 Web 2.0 Promise Hits Reality in U.S. Schools Washington, DC (May 1, 2009) The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) today released a new study, which found that school district administrators understand the significance of More..
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Ready or not, here IT comesApril 13, 2009 According to the “2009 Horizon Report K12 Edition,” the future may actually be closer than it appears. The report is the second in a new series that analyzes emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in More..
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New independent research released on Pearson's My Sidewalks reading programApril 9, 2009 My Sidewalks, an intervention program created by Pearson, was recently evaluated by the independent research firm Magnolia Consulting LLC. The findings of A Study of Pearson’s My Sidewalks Program Final Report were positive—the More..
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SETDA releases ed tech reportApril 9, 2009 The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has released its annual National Trends Report, revealing new data on the power of technology to increase student achievement and describing the need to equip More..
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New survey shows school budgets take another hitMarch 26, 2009 A national survey of 859 school administrators from 48 states, conducted in February and March 2009 by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), reports that school budgets for 2009 10 have taken a hit due to the More..
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How to sell in-class gamingMarch 11, 2009 Drawn from the recent report Guidelines for K–12 Education released by the SIIA. For the full document, go to www.siia.net education. Give teachers a metaphor that connects EduGames to something familiar. In schools, EduGames are More..
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Special needs study releasedMarch 1, 2009 The Journal of Special Education Technology recently published an independent research study, titled "Using Software to Enhance the Writing Skills of Students with Special Needs," that examines the impact of assistive More..
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New report reveals US lacking in teacher trainingFebruary 5, 2009 On February 4th, the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) and Stanford University researchers released a comprehensive report that indicates the nation has a long way to go in terms of teachers having the skills and More..
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A whitepaper on Proxy AbuseJanuary 30, 2009 From SmoothWall's 2009 whitepaper Anonymous proxy servers that pass users' web requests onto other servers on the internet are becoming an increasingly pervasive problem in schools – and one that can only be prevented with More..
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MIT Teen STEM SurveyJanuary 15, 2009 The 2009 Lemelson MIT Invention Index is a survey that gauges teens' (a nationally representative sample size of 500, aged 12 17) attitudes toward invention and innovation. Although this year's report reveals that American More..
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LearningStation Releases Assessment SurveyJanuary 9, 2009 LearningStation recently announced the results of a customer survey that asked K 12 teachers and administrators to share their views of assessment, achievement and technology in the classroom. Survey participants used More..
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