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Updates on: Laptop Institute, MIT LINC, Universal Knowledge Solutions, Sun Microsystems, Education Lybia, Education Sector

The Lausanne Collegiate School has teamed up with the Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation to produce next year’s Laptop Institute, an academic conference focusing on the adoption of laptop and tablet-based computers in K-12 education. — T.H.E. Journal

MIT LINC conference brings together a group of educators from around the world who are interested in using e-learning technologies to help their respective countries increase access to quality education, particularly in high schools and universities. Universal Knowledge Solutions (UKS), the Middle East’s leading learning solutions enabler, has been an active participant and a platinum sponsor of this year’s conference, taking place in Jordan and Dubai. — Al Bawaba

Sun Microsystems, Inc. has teamed up with SunGard Higher Education and Al Wasl to sponsor Education Libya 2007, that takes place from November 5-7 at the Tripoli International Fairground. This will serve as an opportunity to demonstrate its solutions that assist in creating a Digital Campus environment in which people, processes and technology interact seamlessly to strengthen institutional performance. — Al Bawaba

In a new report from Education Sector, Sara Mead and Andrew J. Rotherham researched charter school policies that influence quality and growth in 12 states. Join us for a live chat with these report authors and learn what they found. — Ed Week