TITLE

News briefs

PUB. DATE

August 1997

SOURCE

Electronic Education Report;08/06/97, Vol. 4 Issue 15, p8

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Features various news in education in the United States. Expectation on the technology funding bills for school districts of the US Senate and House of Representatives; Co-developmental deal signed by school technology integrator IBM K-12 and Turner Learning; Terms of the deal signed by entertainment and publisher software publisher Broderbund Software and Encyclopedia Britannica for Broderbund.

ACCESSION #

177603

 

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