ICDE regional / CADE-ACED Conference

Today's newsletter is coming to you live from the Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE) conference in Calgary. More...

Ontario College of Teachers Public Register
Hughes writes in, "I just wanted to let you know that the Ontario College of Teachers also has a public register of its members available online where parents or potential employers can view a teacher's professional information like: status, status history, name history, qualifications, letter of approvals, academic history and employment history. More...

Princeton Says a Few Students Had Access to Yale Web Site

Princeton University says blame the students. Give me a break. More...

Board's Vote Starts Plan for Privatization
I guess there's no real debate about the divide between public and private schools if the whole system is privatized. That's what's on the verge of happening in Philadelphia as the School Reform Commission took the first step yesterday toward putting the city's public schools into private hands, appointing a series of consulting firms to handle different components of the transition. More...

NCSA and American Museum of Natural History Take Remote Collaboration to New Level to Create Space Show
Visitors are being dazzled by the new space show, "The Search for Life: Are We Alone?" at the American Museum of Natural History's (AMNH) Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space (in Champaign, Illinois? Sometimes press releases omit the most basic information). More...