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Microsoft launches $35M tech training program for U.S. schools
Microsoft plans to spend more than $35 million over the next five years to add a U.S. component to its overseas Partners in Learning program, which has endeavored to train teachers and students in technology. The goal stateside is to create technology-infused learning models that can be replicated and sustained by schools from Puget Sound to New York City, and everywhere in between.
Maine moves closer to laptops in high schools
The nation’s first large-scale school laptop program appears headed for expansion, regardless of whether state lawmakers vote to fund the initiative next year.
Study: Leadership is key to ed-tech success
Without visionary school leadership, backed by supportive communities, the disparities in ed-tech budgets increase.
Oregon may buy forest land – Timber-sale profits could be used to fund higher education
The governor has said creating a state trust fund that would provide tuition grants is a key priority for his administration, as tuition has risen steadily and as state support for public universities declines.
‘The Company’ teaches skills for work place
"The Company," a class devoted to teaching both soft skills, such as how to get along with co-workers and greet clients, to hard skills, like creating spreadsheets, filing, banking and planning the perfect business trip.
Utah offers school for software professionals
Northface University says it can produce more useful job hires than Ivy League schools in barely half the time.
Children Get Bitten by the Learning Bug
"I don’t know where these kids go to school," counselor Katreena Whitted, a 22-year-old University of Maryland graduate, said, laughing. "They know a lot more than I do."
MSU management class seeks businesses for consultation
Montana State University’s College of Business is seeking local and regional businesses that would be willing to offer MSU management students practical business experience this fall semester in return for research, issue analysis or operational advice.
Fixing Schools
New solutions are needed to improve public education without dramatic
increases in funding
Rocky Mountain College gets $880,000 aviation grant
The Rocky program is the only bachelor’s degree aviation program in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.
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