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Top News ... Shuttle carries teacher into space After the space shuttle Endeavour launched into the clear blue sky on Aug. 8 and reached orbit with teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan aboard, Mission Control announced that class was in session. Morgan, zooming with the other crew members toward the international space station, was finally fulfilling the space program's quest to send an educator into space--a dream that could have died... | Full Story Around the Web ... Bush signs off on billions for science, tech President Bush on Thursday signed into law the America Competes Act, which authorizes $33.6 billion from federal coffers for government-sponsored research, education, and... | Full Story Universal to sell songs without copy protection Signaling another departure from the music industry's longtime anti-piracy strategy, the Universal Music Group will sell a significant portion of its catalog without the custom... | Full Story AT&T edits lyrics in concert webcast The Associated Press reports that lyrics performed by Pearl Jam criticizing President Bush should not have been censored from a webcast by AT&T Inc., a company spokesman has ac... | Full Story More from eSchool News Online ... Congress moves to renew higher-ed act Maybe it will be different this time for the omnibus higher-education bill. Maybe humans will walk on Mars... | Full Story LDE holds emergency management summit As the two year anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita nears, the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) and the state attorney general's office joined together... | Full Story P21 issues new guidance on 21st-century skills Looking for support in revising your curriculum to reflect the needs of 21st-century learners? A new online resource could help: On Aug. 2, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills... | Full Story Senate bill aims to address web safety A new Senate bill would require schools receiving federal eRate funds to educate students about internet safety and block students' access to social-networking web sites or chat... | Full Story Announcements from ed-tech providers ... Cdigix unveils C-Labs: Faculty Edition, giving faculty members direct access to next generation digital media platform | Read the full announcement Recorded Books announces Janet Allen's Plugged-In To Reading for high school | Read the full announcement C-SPAN taps National Archives' collections for 12-week TV series on the modern American presidency | Read the full announcement Educators give free webinar series two thumbs up | Read the full announcement Vantage Learning spells success for Ann Arbor literacy campaign | Read the full announcement	August 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 August's top news with "TechWatch". 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