Members of Congress can finally use Web sites like
YouTube, after committees in both the House and Senate
adopted new rules allowing members to post content
outside of the .gov domain, as long as it is for
official purposes.
Just as the debates began between Bush and the Congress on how to solve the student loan credit crunch problem, the Federal Reserve has ended the discussion by stepping in and enacting its own solution.
In response to slow-downs in the financial sector of the economy, Congress is considering new legislation that would boost student loan profitability
Although moving slowly through Congress, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008 offers across-the-board increases in funding available to students through various federal programs.
Representative Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, will speak about the dangers of global warming to any audience who will hear him. But he couldn?t go to one of the biggest stages of all - this week?s international conference on climate change in Bali, Indonesia - because of the congressional negotiations over the energy bill in Washington.
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So a "virtual" Markey, an animated likeness of the congressman called an avatar, will be present instead.
Ed tech leaders are commending changes proposed in a House
committee discussion draft on the future of NCLB, saying such changes
would be a big step in realizing that the use of technology in the
classroom is essential to improving schools and learning in the 21st
century
The United States Senate late last week introduced S. 1996, its version of ATTAIN (Achievement Through Technology and Innovation), a bill to reauthorize the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Act of 2001. ATTAIN was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives back in May.
In both cases, these bills, which are based on a fundamentally wrong-headed understanding of the issues they are designed to address, attracted or are likely to attract significant levels of bipartisan support. Indeed, in a highly partisan political climate, these kind of bills may be the only pieces of legislation which pass with little or no debate and with overwhelming support.
S. 49 would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the carriage of child pornography by video service providers, to protect children from online predators, and to restrict the sale or purchase of children's personal information in interstate commerce.
From an educator’s perspective, there’s no doubt the focus of discussion will be on Title II of the bill. Very little has changed since the original DOPA language was introduced in May 2007. I’m sure that the anti-cyberbullying aspects of the bill will be seen as a step in the right direction, though its lack of clarity on the subject may raise some eyebrows. Even with this language, though, educa