4 posts and columns on Department of Education

Why Tablets in the Classroom Could Save Schools $3 Billion a Year

in Media on March 29 at 11:46 am PT

And why that’s not much at all.
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News Byte

Commission’s Assignment: Find Best Uses for Tech in Schools

in News on March 15 at 12:01 pm PT

In response to a challenge from the FCC and the Department of Education, a group of experts has formed the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission to look for the best ways that technology can be used in the classroom. The commission members — Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, TPG Capital’s James Coulter, former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer — will survey current practices and come up with an action blueprint near the end of the year.

Facebook's Privacy Chief (And California Attorney General Candidate) Chris Kelly Speaks!

in News on May 12, 2009 at 2:52 am PT

BoomTown tried to get Chris Kelly to give up more during an onstage interview I did with the Facebook chief privacy officer last night at the third “Tech Policy Summit” and was only moderately successful in the endeavor. Oh he is a smoothie all right, as a lawyer and now as a wannabe politician. Kelly–who is still working at the social-networking site, where his job is to make sure consumer data, privacy, the children and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s reputation are all safe and sound–is also running for the job of California’s attorney general.
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Grading Neighborhood Schools

in The Mossberg Solution on February 20, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Education-related Web sites that provide free school comparisons can help parents choose one for their children, but some sites are more helpful than others.
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