literacy

National Broadband Plan Guru Blair Levin Speaks! (Plus the Press Release and Exec Summary)

Kara Swisher in News on March 19, 2010 at 5:34 am PT

While trolling around Washington, D.C., this week, BoomTown dropped in on Blair Levin, the executive director of the National Broadband Plan, the opus just released by the Federal Communications Commission. Aimed primarily at boosting the proliferation of high-speed access across the United States, the plan has been shepherded by the telecommunications analyst and former FCC staffer.

Txting Cld Help Kids Read Reg Eng

Marisa Taylor, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 22, 2010 at 1:00 am PT

Will children who grow up in the age of excessive text messaging see their spelling and reading skills suffer as a result? Not necessarily, according to a new study from the British Academy.

"Elevate America" Program Actually Elevate Microsoft Program

John Paczkowski in News on February 23, 2009 at 6:59 am PT

Microsoft gave technical training to the 5,000 employees it plans to lay off over the next 18 months. Now it’s extending that benefit to the rest of the unemployed labor pool. On Sunday, the company announced Elevate America, a three-year job-training effort aimed at giving people the technology skills they need to survive in the job market.

“Elevate America” Program Actually Elevate Microsoft Program

John Paczkowski in News on February 23, 2009 at 6:59 am PT

Microsoft gave technical training to the 5,000 employees it plans to lay off over the next 18 months. Now it’s extending that benefit to the rest of the unemployed labor pool. On Sunday, the company announced Elevate America, a three-year job-training effort aimed at giving people the technology skills they need to survive in the job market.