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Toddlers and tablets: Way of the future?
Just 10 days out of the womb, Alex's mother, Beth Lehman-Brooks of Seattle, propped him up in front of an iPad for what she hoped was a good reason, ABC…
China now has the most powerful supercomputer in the world
China’s supercomputer is better than yours, VentureBeat reports. …
Study: Students perform well regardless of reading print or eBooks
NDTV reports that students do equally well on a test whether reading from a digital book or a printed one, a new study has found.…
Tech, education leaders talk STEM challenges
Education and tech leaders lauded the Obama administration’s efforts to open the science, technology, engineering and math fields to more students — but said the resource challenges in underfunded schools…
Teacher fired over ex-husband’s ‘threatening and menacing’ behavior
An elementary school teacher fired by a private San Diego-area school following a domestic violence incident involving her ex-husband is speaking out about her ordeal, Yahoo News reports.…
Missouri court liberates children trapped in failed schools
Speaking at the American Federation for Children conference in Washington, D.C. last month, Governor Mike Pence (R-IN) told the audience, "Fifty years ago we wouldn't let minorities into schools; today…
Are unpaid internships illegal?
Unpaid internships* are increasingly a fact of life for college students, The Washington Post reports.…
Why I now think STEM jobs are cool
In 2012, I was brought onto the STEM team here in the Caruth Institute to work on the Cool Jobs initiative which launched last fall, STEM-Works Blog reports.…
Sugata Mitra: Build a school in the cloud
Ted.com reports that onstage at TED2013, Sugata Mitra makes his bold TED Prize wish.…
Return of the borg: How Twitter rebuilt Google’s secret weapon
John Wilkes says that joining Google was like swallowing the red pill in The Matrix, Wired.com reports.…