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Microsoft: Five things to look for in 2013
To most tech watchers, Microsoft is a giant software maker, CNET reports. But that's not how Microsoft sees itself anymore. For the past several months, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer…
Chicopee school ends all-girls math class
A Chicopee school is ending a three-year experiment with an all-girls math class after finding no evidence that it improved the students’ academic performance, the Associated Press reports. The principal…
Top 10 education policy wishes
The Washington Post reports on the top 10 items on an education wish list for the holiday season and the new year. It was written by Greg Kaufmann, who reports…
Facebook starts pushing out new privacy settings
Facebook has started dribbling out the latest changes to its everchanging privacy controls, CNET reports. New privacy notifications and menus are now greeting members as they log into the social…
Kids who cheat become adults who cheat
Students who cheat in school are likely to continue with that deceitful behavior as adults in the workplace, new research shows. LiveScience.com reports that the University of Minnesota study found…
Obama to press for policy changes after shooting
President Barack Obama is launching an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence, underscoring the growing political consensus over tightening gun restrictions following the horrific massacre at a Connecticut elementary school,…
Texas school’s tracking student ID program reviewed by federal judge
A federal judge is mulling whether a Texas high school that requires students to wear tracking badges can remove students who refuse to comply, the Huffington Post reports. U.S. District…
No. 2 pencils to give way to computers in testing school students
The era of coloring in ovals with a No. 2 pencil may soon be over, the Las Vegas Sun reports. More and more tests — such as the military aptitude…
Arts as antidote for academic ills
Stationed in front of one of his large self-portraits, the artist Chuck Close raised his customized wheelchair to balance on two wheels, seeming to defy the laws of gravity, the…
Sandy Hook shooting survivors should be in school, need ‘routine,’ psychologist says
Connecticut school officials' plan to get survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting back together at a new school is exactly the right decision, says a youth trauma psychologist,…