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March 08, 2010
20:30
i3 Innovation Grant Program Opens
» ‎ THE Journal

The United States Department of Education has released final priorities and opened the application process for the Investing in Innovation Fund, also known as "i3," a $650 million grant program that's designed to fund "the development of path-breaking new ideas, the validation of approaches that have demonstrated promise, and the scale-up of the nation's most successful and proven education innovations."
18:48
Safety Drill! Critical Response in Action
» ‎ THE Journal

Putting your schools through practice sessions is ultimately the best test for determining how effective your crisis response plan will be in a real emergency. Here, a high school and the security expert it worked with share their experiences for holding safety drills with impact.

15:37
Va. Bills on Virtual and 'Lab' Schools Spark Debate
» ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
15:36
Twitter, YouTube Become Classroom Tools
» ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record
14:54
Duncan Plans to Prod Schools on Civil Rights Laws
» ‎ Education Week American Education News Site of Record

But a previous head of the Education Department's civil rights office disputes that the Bush administration's record was lackluster.

14:12
School Incentives for Installing Solar-Power Systems
» ‎ Edutopia

School districts across the country take advantage of incentives for mounting solar panels.
13:01
Would you encourage students to protest education budget cuts?
» ‎ Edutopia

Many students are up in arms about looming funding losses and teacher layoffs.

12:44
Texas District To Spend $1.7 Million on Video Surveillance Updates
» ‎ THE Journal

Pflugerville Independent School District in Texas will be spending about $1.7 million to upgrade video surveillance. According to the recommendation document voted on by the board of trustees, the district's current camera and surveillance system is composed of a group of decentralized cameras and systems "that experience sporadic outages, require costly maintenance, and do not adequately serve district-wide safety and security needs." The new purchase will replace and expand the existing system.
12:40
Lightspeed Systems Injects Filtering and Spam Software into Rocket Appliances
» ‎ THE Journal

Lightspeed Systems has launched a pair of appliances, named "Lightspeed Rockets," that integrate hardware preinstalled with either the company's Internet filtering or spam-blocking software for schools.
12:34
El Paso District Looks To Lock Down Confidential Data
» ‎ THE Journal

El Paso Independent School District in Texas will be implementing a security appliance strictly intended to prevent confidential data from leaving the network.
12:32
Washington Schools Get Free Taste of Notification Services
» ‎ THE Journal

An agency in Washington will be offering free emergency notification services until the end of June 2010 to school districts in the state that use the organization's data system.
12:29
Detroit To Spend $42 million on Security Gear, Facilities
» ‎ THE Journal

Detroit Public Schools will be rolling out a $41.7 million public safety plan during the next school year that will include new surveillance technologies and construction of a new $6 million building to house the Office of Public Safety.
11:04
Colorado Prep School Goes Solar
» ‎ THE Journal

An ongoing effort by a Colorado school to "deepen its students' appreciation for the world around them" has led to its being given a fully engineered, fully financed solar panel array to meet the school facility's energy needs.