| Guestblogger Margaret Spellings |
| Let me begin by thanking Andy Rotherham for the opportunity to begin my blogging career on Eduwonk.com. I’m happy to have this opportunity to use technology to share a new white paper about technology based on what we’ve learned during the roundtables we hosted this year along with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin.Today, no group is embracing new technologies more than our young people. More than 8 out of 10 teenagers, including my own daughters, report having helped a struggling adult to do something online that the adult could not do for him or herself. But many students will tell you that when it comes to technology, school is the least advanced part of their day. Our country has done a great job of wiring our classrooms, but we have yet to realize technology’s potential to transform the way education is defined and delivered. As the U.S. Chamber of Commerce put it, "Most schools preserve the routines, cultures, and operations of an obsolete 1930s manufacturing plant." |
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| Schools soon required to teach web safety |
| Schools receiving e-Rate discounts on their telecommunications services and internet access soon will have to educate their students about online safety, sexual predators, and cyber bullying, thanks to federal legislation passed in both the Senate and the House. |
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| Andre Hornsby Convicted On 6 Felony Charges Including Fraud And Obstruction Of Justice |
| Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury today convicted Andre J. Hornsby, age 54, formerly of Mitchellville, Maryland, of honest services wire fraud, witness and evidence tampering and obstruction of justice arising from a scheme to cause the Prince George’s County Public Schools to award lucrative contracts to benefit close associates and himself, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. |
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| Lee Terry and 'Star Wars' creator join push to aid Internet access |
| WASHINGTON — Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska cast himself Tuesday in the role of a Jedi Knight during a hearing on federal telecommunications subsidies. |
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| Internet filtering software ignites debate on freedoms |
| Librarians find few problems of patrons misusing the Web. |
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| Former Education Consultant Sentenced to 7 ½ Years in Prison for Fraud and Bid Rigging in The Federal E-Rate Program |
| WASHINGTON — A former education consultant from California was sentenced to serve 7½ years in prison for rigging bids and defrauding the E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced. Judy N. Green, of Temecula, Calif., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in San Francisco after a jury found her guilty on 22 counts of fraud, bid rigging, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to technology projects funded by the E-Rate Program. The projects were at schools in seven states–Arkansas, California, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. |
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| USAC Site Visit Outreach Initiative Quarterly Board Report |
| Promoting Dialogue with Beneficiaries
The Site Visit Outreach Initiative provides USAC with rich opportunities to interact with and
learn from beneficiaries of Universal Service Fund support. Lessons taken from site visits
help USAC enhance the application process, improve oversight over beneficiaries’ compliance
with program rules, and introduce improvements to program administration practices. Site
visit recipients receive support in fulfilling program requirements and provide substantive
feedback on their experiences as USF beneficiaries. |
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| E-Rate Service Providers Association and E-Rate Central Enter Licensing Agreement; Members Gain Access to State-of-the-Art Online Reporting Tools |
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of the E-Rate Service Providers Association (ESPA) will now have access to a state-of-the-art E-Rate online reporting and data tool as a result of a new licensing agreement between ESPA and E-Rate Central announced today. |
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