eSN Today: N.O. school leader pleads guilty to bribery

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Top News ... N.O. school leader pleads guilty to bribery In a case reportedly involving the brother of Rep. William J. Jefferson, D-La., who was indicted recently on federal bribery charges, a former president of the New Orleans Public Schools board has admitted accepting $140,000 in bribes to help JRL Enterprises Inc., a producer of educational software, obtain a lucrative New Orleans school contract. The former board official, Elle... | Full Story Around the Web ... South Dakota joins effort to teach 21st-century skills South Dakota has joined a national effort that seeks to teach students the skills required to succeed in a rapidly changing world, the Rapid City Journal reports. South Dakota is the fifth st... | Full Story Yahoo to buy school sports network In a deal that could boost the visibility of school teams and athletes, Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors has approved the acquisition of Rivals.com, an online network focused on college and high school... | Full Story New diagnosis for teens: Video-game addiction? The telltale signs are ominous, reports the Associated Press: teens holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while grades plummet and belligerence soars. The culprit... | Full Story More from eSchool News Online ... San Diego rolls out laptops with Linux The nation's eighth-largest school system is rolling out a one-to-one computing project that uses the open-source Linux operating system and custom-designed laptops to make mobile computers affordable... | Full Story Cameras to watch online test-takers The number of students taking courses online is surging, creating a dilemma for educators who want to prevent cheating. Do you trust students to take an exam on their own computer ... | Full Story CoSN issues new resources for ed-tech leaders The latest in an annual series of monographs about issues facing K-12 leaders in education technology has been published by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). Major concerns this year: on... | Full Story Virtual campus could aid in emergency To get an idea of the future at the University of New Orleans (UNO), just imagine Barbie, Ken, and hundreds of their clones dropped into the world of The Matrix. It's a virtual wor... | Full Story Ed-Tech Announcements ... Barix to expand Annuncicom IP product family at Infocomm | Read the full announcement Take the America's Digital Schools 2007 survey | Read the full announcement DLP® Products enters new segment of Pro AV market with debut of DLP .7 XGA 3 Chip Projector | Read the full announcement Gateway launches voluntary battery exchange program | Read the full announcement Viewsonic introduces stylish HDTVs | Read the full announcement Manage and control multiple MediaPOINTE appliances easily with Enterprise Media Management Server | Read the full announcement Mitel, Sun deliver converged voice and data applications | Read the full announcement	June Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss... Visit us online http://www.eschoolnews.com/ everyday for the latest news and resources all geared to help you stay on top of school technology. Get a video recap of June's top news with "TechWatch". 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