Utah education

Security professionals who want to protect security budgets during the downturn need to better align their operations with overall business goals, Gartner said last week. That includes treating users as customers and not as obstacles in the race to implement new security technologies.

Two schools in North Carolina–South Granville High and Scotland High–have joined a statewide initiative to help bring graduation rates to 100 percent.

Adobe has introduced a new version of its Digital School Collection, a suite of creative and productivity tools geared specifically for K-12 education. The new suite includes a significantly enhanced version of Premiere Elements, with expanded podcasting capabilities. Adobe has also brought Photoshop Elements back to the Mac (with education pricing) in the new version [...]

The No Child Left Behind Act has not only failed to improve student outcomes, it’s actually contributing to a decline in academic standards in the United States–this according to United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who has issued a call for the immediate overhaul of NCLB.