eSN Today: Report: Schools aren't preparing kids for college

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Top News ... Report: Schools aren't preparing kids for college Students are taught to believe that earning a high school diploma means they are prepared to enter college, and many policy makers and school leaders still believe that multiple-choice assessments are adequate measures of students' skills. But at a panel discussion convened by the Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE) on Sept. 12, researchers and education professionals said this is too often not... | Full Story Around the Web ... Utah students to take 'adaptive' online exams Utah students may be able to say goodbye to several standardized tests--and hello to "adaptive" online tests--if State Schools Superintendent Patti... | Full Story Microsoft offers $60 Office to students Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a $60 Web-based version of its new Microsoft Office Ultimate suite of applications that will be exclusively available to college... | Full Story E-books to return with Amazon Kindle? In the heat of the dot-com boom, tech companies promised that the e-book would bring traditional print publishing into the digital age. Several devices did hit the market--notably... | Full Story More from eSchool News Online ... Colleges find new revenue source online College athletic departments are discovering the click of a mouse can sound just as sweet as the ring of a cash register: Across the country, colleges and universities are transform... | Full Story MPC acquires Gateway's school business Just days after Taiwanese computer maker Acer Inc. announced plans to acquire Gateway Inc. for $710 million, Gateway's school customers learned they will have a new... | Full Story House draft would overhaul ed-tech funding Educational technology advocacy groups are applauding the release of another House proposal to renew the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) that would direct funds toward... | Full Story Cisco, mtvU reward young tech innovators Among the new digital tools and applications that students will be using on college campuses this fall are a mysterious, mobile-phone-based game of espionage; an online communal... | Full Story Announcements from ed-tech providers ... KMWorld names CommonSpot a "trend-setting product of 2007" | Read the full announcement Major talent drain in our nation's schools, squandering the potential of millions of high-achieving, lower-income students, new report uncovers | Read the full announcement School safety experts put out S.O.S. to focus on "safeguarding our schools" | Read the full announcement eLearners.com launches a new guide for people considering a career in medical transcription | Read the full announcement More companies are using virtual worlds | Read the full announcement TeacherWeb adds RSS to simplify school-parent communication | Read the full announcement Interwrite Learning, in partnership with TeacherTube, announces first interactive makeover video contest | Read the full announcement The Mind Trust launches Education Entrepreneur Fellowship; makes $900,000 initial investment in program | Read the full announcement Florida State University selects Dell high-performance computing cluster for wide-ranging research | Read the full announcement Tool Factory wins two notable software awards in 2007 | Read the full announcement	September Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss... 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