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Op-ed columnist: Hope in the unseen
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman writes of a scene he witnessed last weekend "that is at once so uplifting and so cruel it's difficult to even convey in words."…
Online schools draw interest in South Carolina
Using the internet as a teaching tool is nothing new, but South Carolina public school students will have the option to be taught completely online starting this fall, the Sun…
Google co-founder pushes TV ‘white space’ plan
Google co-founder Larry Page was in Washington, D.C., on May 22 to promote the company's proposal for a new generation of wireless devices to operate on soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves, Reuters…
OLPC spinoff in talks with four laptop makers
The broad influence of the One Laptop Per Child initiative continues to expand its sphere, CNET reports: Walter Bender, who just left the OLPC initiative to start up an open-source…
Student cell phones seized over nude photos
Police in the Santa Fe school district have confiscated dozens of student cell phones as they search for nude images of two junior high school girls that were forwarded to…
HP takes steps to reduce carbon footprint
Hewlett-Packard Co. is embarking on a broad environmental initiative that includes new eco-friendly labels on printers, as well as tools and products to help customers reduce their carbon footprint, the…
UW cutting 66 jobs in technology division
The University of Washington will cut 66 employees from its technology division, marking the university's biggest announced job cutback since 1994, the Seattle Post Intelligencer reports. …
Facebook to give its site a facelift
Facebook is dramatically changing its web site in a move it said will give users more control over the information they share with their friends, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.…
West Virginia targets future teachers’ tech use
The West Virginia Department of Education is teaming up with 19 of the 20 colleges and universities around the state that offer teaching degrees, with the goal of giving teachers-in-training…
More schools to face NCLB’s consequences
Pink slips for principals and teachers, and school-funded tutoring for poor kids: Schools are increasingly looking at those kind of consequences for failing to raise math and reading scores, the…