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School District Upgrades PCs to Keep Students Current on the Latest Technology
White Papers As part of that strategy, the school district has already deployed Windows Vista on 2,200 new PCs and will complete its deployment as desktops running Windows XP Professional are replaced as part of the district's hardware refresh cycle.
[October 11, 2008, 1:01]
School reunion site enters top 20
News The school reunion Web site, which has recently attracted libel allegations from teaching unions around the country, still managed to make its way into the top 20 rankings for the most visited Web sites in October.
[November 14, 2001, 17:35]
School System Extends Reliable, Centrally-Managed WLAN Throughout the District With Cooperative Control Solution From Aerohive
White Papers Supported by an assortment of Netgear and Apple wireless access points, the school system provided laptop-equipped teaching staff with mobile access to the Internet and educational and student management applications.
[December 8, 2009, 23:00]
School District Improves System Performance, Scalability at Microsoft Technology Center
White Papers Granite School District needed a new student information system. The solution that met its needs had recently been updated, but the new version had never been deployed in an organization of its size. To alleviate concerns, the district conducted a...
[January 1, 2007, 0:00]
School to trial biometric testing
News A secondary school in Berkshire is set to trial biometric fingerprint scanning technology to keep track of pupils entering and leaving its premises and cut truancy rates. Sixth-form students at Edgbarrow school in the town of Crowthorne will have...
[July 17, 2006, 17:35]
School District Controls Web Content and Stops Spyware With Barracuda Networks
White Papers Kingsville Independent School District, located in the southern Texas city of Kingsville, was established in 1909. The IT Department was not only dealing with the increasing need for aggressive Web content filtering to block access to inappropriate...
[June 16, 2007, 1:00]
School Board in Ontario Offers Innovative Web-Based Solution to Help Students, Faculty and Parents Collaborate Effectively
White Papers Superior-Greenstone District School needed to be able to use the full potential of Internet-based technology to improve the services it delivers to students, parents, administrators and teachers. The school wanted to improve information...
[March 16, 2007, 23:00]
U.K. School Uses Mobile Solution to Support a Revolution in Learning
White Papers Cornwallis school in Maidstone, Kent, in the United Kingdom (U.K.joined the New Line Learning federation of schools in 2005. A Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition device is given to each student when they enter the school, and this remains with...
[September 19, 2008, 1:01]
School District Reduces Phone Costs by 66 Percent With Voice Over IP Solution
White Papers The Jackson-Madison County School System had a separate Private Branch Exchange (PBX) phone system in each of its 28 schools and its central office. When the school district found that it was too costly to add voice mail to the systems, it decided...
[November 4, 2008, 0:01]
School District Addresses Core Educational Goals With Automated Project Management
White Papers Based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2003, Office Project Professional 2003, Windows SharePoint Services, and SQL Server 2000, the school district's new EPM system, Project Management Office, has automated and centralized management of the...
[November 8, 2006, 0:00]
School PDA spy off the hook
News Some admire the student for revealing the goings-on in his elite, "pressure-cooker" school, while others have said it was an invasion of privacy. The incident happened in Raffles Junior College, a pre-University school known for high academic...
[July 17, 2003, 9:18]
School heads must champion technology, not just tick the boxes.
Talkback By giving their pupils a folder on the school network they can also tick the box that says ‘pupils have a secure digital storage area’. Until there is a concerted effort by schools to engage the wider community by using proper home-school...
[October 17, 2008, 17:02]
School to trial biometric testing
Talkback My school's been using a fingerprint scanner since last year to get books out of the library, and a few people didn't really want to use it, but soon after the fingerprint scanner was introduced the library wouldn't let you use your card to get...
[July 18, 2006, 8:25]
School to trial biometric testing
Talkback My childrens school has been using this system for a number of weeks. As a parent I have never been consulted as to my feelings on the subject, my son tells me the system is unreliable as he is often being mistaken for other children ( not the same...
[July 19, 2006, 13:06]
School District Reduces Tardiness Trend, Fosters Better Educational Environment
White Papers Faced with a growing number of tardy students, school administrators in the Phoenix Union High School District asked for an innovative way to stem the tide. Tardiness has dropped by up to 40 percent throughout the district's high schools, and...
[February 27, 2009, 0:23]
School District Virtualizes Aging Servers, Saves $200,000
White Papers Based in Louisville, Jefferson County Public Schools is the largest school district in the state of Kentucky. Operating in an economic downturn, the district felt pressure to reduce costs without affecting classroom learning.
[November 19, 2009, 0:21]
School District Makes Technology Available to Enhance Student Achievement
White Papers The Pittsford School District in New York State is one of the highest achieving school districts in the United States, and its commitment to student achievement begins at the elementary-school level. The district initiated a successful pilot...
[November 19, 2009, 0:21]
School Improves Communication, Saves Time and Money With New E-Mail System
White Papers An independent day school in Norfolk, England, Norwich School has 800 students and 120 staff. With help from Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Onsite IT, the school implemented Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 to improve administration and increase...
[June 11, 2008, 1:01]
School District Enhances Learning With Integrated Messaging and Productivity Tools
White Papers Washington State's Kent School District struggled to maintain its varied, distributed computer environment, which included a range of Novell NetWare operating systems and the GroupWise messaging system.
[September 20, 2006, 0:00]
School District Builds Closer Connections With Schools, Students, Community Online
White Papers To serve a large and greatly diverse student population, the Rochester City School District (RCSD) has been progressively placing computers with Internet access in many students' homes through business and community programs.
[February 17, 2007, 0:00]
