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Helping Some Students May Harm High Achievers 1114

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 19, 2008 @05:20AM from the stop-dragging-us-down dept.

palegray.net writes "According to a new study performed by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington, increased emphasis on helping students with a history of lower academic achievement results in lower performance for high achievers. This trend appears to be related to the No Child Left Behind Act. Essentially, programs designed to devote a large number of resources to assisting students who are deemed to be 'significantly behind' leave little room for encouraging continued academic growth for higher-performing students."

MPAA Committed To Fair Use and DRM 212

Posted by kdawson on Thursday April 26, 2007 @11:52AM from the crack-in-the-wall dept.

Doctor Jay writes "At a LexisNexis Conference on DRM this week, MPAA's Dan Glickman announced that the MPAA was fine with consumers ripping DVDs for portable video players and home media servers. 'In his speech to industry insiders at the posh Beverly Hills Four Seasons hotel, Glickman repeatedly stressed that DRM must be made to work without constricting consumers. The goal, he said, was "to make things simpler for the consumer," and he added that the movie studios were open to "a technology summit" featuring academics, IT companies, and content producers to work on the issues involved.'"

Microsoft Says iPhone Is Irrelevant To Business 435

Posted by Zonk on Friday April 20, 2007 @06:08PM from the is-it-not-supposed-to-be dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Microsoft exec has turned attack dog, lashing out at Apple's iPhone by saying the device isn't good for business. Why? Because the iPhone is 'a closed device that you cannot install applications on.' Specifically, he's talking about Microsoft Office. 'While the entry of the iPhone (with its cut-down version of Mac OS X) into this market offers new options for consumers, Sorenson believes user familiarity with the Windows Mobile interface — and the ease with which companies can buy and develop applications for the platform — will sustain its increasing popularity and help keep the iPhone out of the lucrative corporate market.'"

Comment More appropriate as an extension? (Score 5, Insightful) 229

by potluckman on Thursday March 09, 2006 @11:31AM (#14882822) Attached to: Firefox 2 To Have Anti-Phishing Technology

I'm a big fan of the Fox, but is this really a feature that should be built-in to our svelte (but extensible) browser?

Seems like something that could be its own extension, or if Google is really so involved, integrated into the Google Toolbar for Firefox.

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