White House Blog: Week-Long Focus on Education
[I am pleased to share another guest post from my colleague, Kate Harrington, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and International Relations, University of Massachusetts President’s Offfice.]
Recently the White House blog gave the U.S. Department of Education a week’s worth of time and space to blog about important issues and events. At the end […]
Six Reports on ‘Promising Practices in Online Learning’ Available Online
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) is a non-profit association with more than 3,400 members representing a diverse cross-section of school districts, charter schools, state education agencies, non-profit organizations, colleges, universities, research institutions, corporate entities and other content and technology providers.
On their site, they feature six reports on ‘Promising Practices in Online Learning.’ […]
A 100-Times Faster Internet?
Did you happen to catch Google’s recent news about experimenting with higher speed broadband networks? Here, from a recent report, is what they are planning and just a few of the astonishing implications:
Google announced plans Wednesday to build experimental ultra high-speed broadband networks that would deliver Internet speeds 100 times faster than those of today […]



