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Student suffers permanent eye damage from laser pointer: Only seconds of exposure can cause retinal burn damage
In the first known case of severe injury caused by a laser pointer, a seventh-grade boy at the Maple Park Middle School in Kansas City, Mo., has suffered permanent eye…
Technology Champions–At ThinkQuest, K-12 students learn valuable lessons: One magnet school rakes in nearly $120K worth of prizes and scholarships
Students at Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson High School for School & Technology need no convincing that it pays to be technologically savvy. Kids from that science magnet school near Washington, D.C.,…
Court declares public library filters unconstitutional: Loudoun County,Va., libraries’ attempt to restrict public internet access with filtering software is unconstitutional, federal judge says
In a case with broad implications for internet access in schools, a federal judge has rejected efforts by a Virginia county to block pornography on computers in its public libraries,…
Realtors’ school-rating web service sells some schools short: Chicago schools and Realtors ‘livid’ about mix-up
A feature purporting to rate schools from “best” to “poor” on a National Association of Realtors (NAR) web site visited by some 12 million prospective home buyers a year contained…
Newspaper ‘fair use’ challenge could limit what schools and others post on the web: LA Times and Washington Post sue web site for copyright infringement
In a case with broad implications about what you can post on your schools’ web sites, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post have filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against…
Judge denies publisher’s request to view cookie files: But pending appeal could still allow free access to public employees’ online behavior
In the first round of a case that could have legal ramifications for school employees, a federal judge has denied an internet publisher the right to feast his eyes on…
Congress OKs limits on ‘harmful’ internet content: Child Online Protection Act passes as part of eleventh-hour omnibus spending bill
Congress in late October took a big step toward limiting your students’ access to pornography when it approved budget-bill provisions requiring companies to restrict access by children to “harmful” online…
Spending for school technology to top $5.2 billion
Experts have been predicting that K-12 schools will spend more than $5.2 billion on technology during the current school year. Now, we have a …
School computers smash the $1K barrier
It could give the biggest boost yet to the K-12 dream of putting a full-powered computer in front of every student. It’s the emergence of fully…