How jaded are you when it comes to school reform / transformation efforts, particularly when it comes to educational technology? Thursday President Obama proposed a cut in 2009-2010 EETT funding (the TitleIID, Enhancing Education through Technology program) from $269 million to $100 million. Hillary Goldman is surprised, quoting the joint ISTE / COSN / SIIA / SETDA press release: “During the past

The voice of a 10-year-old girl from Co Down is being heard around the world after her version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah took the internet by storm. Kaylee Rodgers has autism and ADHD, but has been growing in confidence with every performance after starting to sing at the age of just three.

Always wanted to keep binge-watching your favourite Netflix series or chill out to your own playlist on Spotify while holidaying? Well, from 1st April new portability rules will come into effect meaning that you will have full access to your online content subscriptions when travelling within the EU.

GreenEDGE Cycling will be called ‘ Team Manuela Fundación’ for the remainder of the 2020 season, and fully incorporate a new ‘look’ when racing resumes, thanks to a new agreement with the Manuela Fundación. The long-term agreement comes as welcome news in a difficult period for the global sport industry with impacts from COVID-19, such as competition cancellations and postponements and job losses

Khloé Kardashian just gave birth to a baby girl, with her family by her side, The Blast can confirm. According to our sources, Khloé gave birth a few hours ago. We're told Tristan Thompson was present for the birth of the child.

Ghana is expected to be the fastest growing economy in sub-Saharan Africa by 2019 with a growth rate of 8.8 percent. This was made known in the recently released World Economic Outlook report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This shows that Ghana will once again take the position of the rising star of Africa which it occupied in 2011. This comes after Ghana successfully completed its

The Department of Home Economics of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has received assorted equipment from the Valco Trust Fund in support of the operations of the department. It was in response to a request made by two lecturers of the department as a result of need to retool the various vocational and technical sections of the department. The package, which included a fridge, sewing

— After ten years of praying for the fruit of the womb, a Nigerian woman has finally given birth to twins — The woman's niece identified as Ifeoma Uchenna took to social media to share the good news, saying what God cannot do does not exist — She shared adorable photos of the woman when she was still heavily pregnant with her bundle of joy  A Nigerian woman has finally welcomed twins after

The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) says it has received proposals from both the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Water Company (GWCL) for a possible increase in utility tariffs in the country. PURC says the two utility companies have both made a strong case for a new tariff regime that will cover their operational cost. Speaking to Citi News, Head of Public Relations

Gaborone — Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks has revealed that it is witnessing an increase in elephant mortalities in the Chobe National Park in the north-western part of the country. In a statement, the department said it has been monitoring the situation closely since May when reports of elephant deaths and some other wild animals were recorded.