Techno-News Blog. Rural schools face a raft of challenges schools in more densely populated areas do not, including declining enrollments, high socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, high transportation costs, lack of computer and internet access in student homes, low teacher pay, high teacher turnover, fewer teachers and fewer courses available to students. More...

Techno-News Blog. Inside a rural high school, five Advanced Placement physics students furiously scribbled notes about a video of a Yale University professor speaking more than 1,200 miles away. With textbooks open, they watched a lecture about Newton’s Laws on a giant screen, while their classroom teacher simultaneously offered examples of those laws in action. More...

CANARIE Provides the RACOL Project $1.3 Million

Canadian readers will want to take note of this latest program announcement from CANARIE, funding for the Rural Advanced Community of Learners (RACOL) project. More...