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Teach for America: Liberal mission helps conservative agenda - 1 views

started by Bonnie Sutton on 27 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

AERA highlights NRC reports - 2 views

started by Bonnie Sutton on 30 Apr 12 no follow-up yet

What Does the Election Mean for Education in the 113th Congress? - 3 views

started by Bonnie Sutton on 09 Nov 12 no follow-up yet

The New Digital Divide - 2 views

started by Bonnie Sutton on 04 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

The facts that school reformers ignore - 1 views

started by Bonnie Sutton on 24 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

A Perfect Storm Hits Public Schools - 1 views

started by Bonnie Sutton on 23 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

A test for politicians on education (with cheat sheet) - 1 views

started by Bonnie Sutton on 26 Feb 12 no follow-up yet
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Plan Would Force U. of Wisconsin to Return $39-Million in U.S. Broadband Grants - Wired... - 0 views

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    "June 8, 2011, 7:01 pm By Marc Parry A budget approved by a legislative committee last week would force the University of Wisconsin to return $39-million in federal grants awarded to expand high-speed Internet access across the state, state education officials said. The plan would also require all University of Wisconsin institutions to withdraw from WiscNet, a nonprofit network cooperative that services the public universities, most of the technical and private colleges in Wisconsin, about 75 percent of the state's elementary and high schools, and 95 percent of its public libraries, according to David F. Giroux, a spokesman for the university system. (...) Another provision in the plan would bar any University of Wisconsin campus from participating in advanced networks connecting research institutions worldwide, according to Mr. Evers's memo. For example, the Madison campus would have to withdraw from Internet2, a high-speed networking consortium, said Mr. Giroux."
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    That's what Lessig had in mind when he said: "Think about the question of broadband policy. (…) The US has been a dismal failure in this respect. As we watch the US going from number 1 in broadband penetration, now to, depending on the scale, number 18, 19, or 28. And that change is because of policies that effectively block competition for broadband providers. Their answer, these broadband providers brought to our government, and got our government to impose actually benefited them and destroyed the incentives for them to compete in a way that would drive broadband penetration. (…)" From Lessig's Keynote Address at g8 7:48 - 8:42 - http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/C6wmjKWrZwlP/

Broadband Adoption Key To Jobs and Education Connect To Compete - 1 views

started by Bonnie Sutton on 21 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
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