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Top News ... Project targets new teachers' tech use Indiana University's School of Education is embarking on a $3.1 million study of how current and emerging technologies are being used most effectively in classrooms--and how best to prepare new teachers to use these tools. The study marks the first real focus on helping to prepare pre-service teachers to use technology effectively during the Bush Administration... | Full Story     Around the Web ... Reading turns new chapter in the digital age Is reading at risk? Or is there a "new literacy" emerging that can't be measured by traditional testing tools and standards? That debate is sure to flare anew today among literacy experts, teachers, multimedia whiz kids, and good old-fashioned book lovers as the National Endowment for the Arts lays out a study that sounds the alarm about the dire state of reading in our culture, reports the... | Full Story Feds want higher seat backs for school buses U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters on Nov. 19 proposed new rules to improve the safety of school bus seats and expand the use of shoulder belts, but she declined to order that all new buses include seat belts, the Associated Press reports. Peters said she wants to increase the height of seat backs on all school buses from 20 inches to 24 inches to help protect children during accidents. She also proposed a new requirement for short school buses to begin using shoulder straps. For longer buses, she proposed giving states the option of using federal highway safety funds to purchase new buses with seat belts--but she didn't promise that any new money... | Full Story English, algebra, phys ed ... and biotech? Some public high schools are giving students lab experiences that approach, or even exceed, those found in university settings, reports the New York Times. And some teachers see an economic payoff in all of this. Biotechnology, for example, remains a promising field, and companies in the industry have less math-intensive demands than electronics and computing employers. As a result, biotech is... | Full Story Annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards... Is your superintendent tech-savvy? Does he or she "get it" when it comes to school technology use? If so, then nominate your schools chief for our annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards here: http://www.eschoolnews.com/surveys-awards/tech-saavy-superintendent-awards/ But hurry! Nominations close Friday, Nov. 30. More from eSchool News Online ... Teachers warned about MySpace profiles In a memo to Ohio teachers, the state's largest teachers union strongly discouraged educators from using social-networking web sites such as MySpace and Facebook to create personal... | Full Story Webcast highlights low-cost computing options At a Nov. 14 webcast hosted by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), educational technology leaders came together to compare ultra-portable devices and talk about affordable... | Full Story Stakeholders 'speak up' for 21st-century skills School leaders, students, and parents are now able to take part in Project Tomorrow's Speak Up 2007. The annual survey asks participants about 21st-century skill... | Full Story Announcements from ed-tech providers ... Access Innovations, Inc. software selected by American Economic Association for Econlit CoSN launches small district technology leadership wiki Extron Introduces New Quad Mini Twisted Pair Transmitter for VGA and RS-232 First-ever gold-standard study of adolescent reading intervention reveals significant gains with Read 180 -- the treatment that works Free holiday resources from Discovery Education complement any lesson plan Knowledge Adventure announces K-12 distribution rights for 'Brainware Safari' from Learning Enhancement Corporation National Educational Computing Conference 2008 NEA and IMLS announce more than $1.5 million in Big Read grants for the first half of 2008 NSBA Statement on President's veto of education spending bill and failure of House to override College Board launches new educator web site		November Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss... 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