Middle School Gets $25,000 Technology Grant
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By Stacy Brandt, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  May 24--OCEANSIDE -- Two classes at Roosevelt Middle School will begin  using laptop computers for their day-to-day lessons this fall, thanks to a  grant from a national corporation.
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Kids pitch in to improve school ICT A parliamentary group has launched a competition for primary school children to prove their grasp of technology.â¦
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Half a million American children take classes online, and many are attending virtual public schools that are competing with local districts for public funding.
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The One Laptop Per Child project to lessen the digital divide is in full swing.
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By Keith Lawrence, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Sep. 17--It started so simply.   Joi Sigers, a Madisonville native, was home schooling her three daughters.   And she worried that they weren't getting the kind of computer training that public schools could offer.
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A panel has found that an additional $5.6 billion must be spent on schoolchildren every year to provide a basic education.
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President Bush signed into law a bill to speed computer subsidies for schools and libraries and to spend $1.25 billion on equipment that will help police find mobile-telephone users who call 911.
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By ADRIA HAIRSTONBY ADRIA HAIRSTON  Students at General Greene Elementary witnessed technology in action at the school's annual technology fair May 25.
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BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Recognizing that tomorrow's engineers and scientists must come from today's high school students, Washington Group International  announced today a $25,000 contribution to the Mike Crapo Math and Science Scholarship Fund.
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By Todd Davis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 24--JUSTIN -- Talk about incentive.   Soon-to-be eighth-graders attending the summer TechnoCamp in the Northwest school district did more than learn how to operate computers this year.
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Google Inc. said it is investing $25 million to harness the power of information and technology to fight poverty, global warming and health threats.
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Google yesterday laid out its plan for philanthropy and announced $25 million in grants aimed at addressing climate change as well as poverty and health issues in developing countries.
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The Circuit, the voice for Cincinnati's IT  community, and the United Way of Greater Cincinnati today announced a  Web site development contest bringing together technology students from  four area high schools with five non-profit agencies that need Web site  assistance.
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Science and engineering clubs for young teenagers in England are to receive Â£5m in support.
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a &#36;2.5 million grant to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to steer minority students into the sciences, math and technology.
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A record $12.5 million grant to be announced today will revolutionize science teaching throughout Boston Public Schools, officials said.
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By Mary Perez, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 9--MOSS POINT -- Families with students in the Moss Point School District will be able to buy a reconditioned computer for $200 or a new Dell computer for $500, and Cisco Systems will guarantee the loans for those who finance the purchase.