States offer Web sites to help students
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With her first child headed for college this fall and two more soon to follow, Carol Wright was lost. Campus tours, applications, financial aid forms, transcripts, SAT scores, class planning &#151; and that was just the beginning.
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By Mark Guydish, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Sep. 22--UNION TWP. -- Northwest Area High School students will have access to more computers, and teachers will have more high-tech "smart boards," thanks to a $67,000 state grant.
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Colleges are increasing efforts to find vulnerable students and to get them into treatment, sometimes forcing them to leave temporarily.
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By Hu Yinan  The government is calling on more schools and community centers to provide free Internet services for young people.
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An institution seeks to be more than just an archive of programs.
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By MATTHEW THOMPSON  DAILY MAIL STAFF  The Secretary of State's office has introduced a new Web site to keep voters and candidates informed about current changes in the state's election process.   The Web site, www.wvvotes. com, was launched last week.
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By Olson, Scott  A redesigned state Web portal unveiled last month should make it easier for Hoosiers to plow through mounds of government minutia.  But, more important, the revamping set to be finished in mid- 2008 represents a major shift in state policy.
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By Heather J. Carlson, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 2--Three area teenagers are being honored with an award and scholarships by the U.S. State Department for their work on a Web site.
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When parents need a babysitter this holiday season, they may find  their usual choices -- a local high school or college student, a relative or nearby friend -- are on vacation or unavailable. When those options don't work, an increasing number will turn to a different source: the Internet.
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By Brandy A. Lee Deseret Morning News  A national nonprofit organization has unveiled a Web site that allows residents access to up-to-date local public-safety news and information.  All of the information is state-specific with the help of Google.
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By Kyle Kennedy, The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla.  Jan. 31--LAKELAND -- Online job hunters have their Monster, and Polk  County students in need of volunteer work now have a Sweat Monkey.
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Four schools in the University of North Carolina system will participate in a pilot program that allows students to download music, movies and other copyrighted material on the Internet for free.
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West Virginia Wesleyan has joined a small group of colleges and universities with their own MySpace pages on the Internet.   School officials made the announcement this week.
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Young adults with cancer can now seek support from a new U.S. online Web portal, the site's developers said Monday.
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Pageflakes (www.pageflakes.com),  the community-driven personalized homepage, today announced that over  1,000 schools around the world are using Pageflakes to teach important  skills, increase student-teacher interaction, and make learning fun.
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Blog: As students return to classrooms, this is an excellent time for schools to review the information they're making available on their Web sites.  Many schools unintentionally place their students at risk.
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A guide helps high schoolers find safe, tolerant colleges.