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Nintendo apologizes for Wii Fit calling little girl ‘fat’
An innocent Nintendo computer game about balance and fitness is probably the last product that would ever come to mind when you think about video game controversy, but Nintendo's popular…
Report: Girls’ gains have not cost boys
The American Association of University Women, whose 1992 report on how girls are shortchanged in the classroom caused a national debate over gender equity, has turned its attention to debunking…
Senators OK $1 billion for online child porn fight
A U.S. Senate panel has unanimously approved a bill that would encourage federal, state, and local police to use and create special software designed to nab child pornography swappers on…
Facilities bill would fund school renovation
Public school buildings around the country could receive billions of dollars for renovation and modernization under legislation recently approved by a House committee, FacilitiesNet reports. …
Virtual classroom puts future teachers to the test
Five computer-generated students inhabiting a high-tech virtual classroom under development at the University of Central Florida's College of Education are helping teachers-in-training learn to deal with unruly students and other…
House OKs increase in GI Bill education benefits
An overwhelming majority of the House voted May 15 to sharply increase education benefits for Iraq-Afghanistan veterans under the GI Bill--and to pay for it with a tax surcharge on…
Study: Cox internet subscribers also blocked
Comcast Corp.'s interference with internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for "net neutrality" laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be…
Philly won’t fight to save Wi-Fi network
The city of Philadelphia is moving on after its brief municipal Wi-Fi relationship with EarthLink, no longer trying to find a way to keep the network up and running, PC…
New web site’s goal: safety for kids
Montana's attorney general and state superintendent of schools unveiled a web site May 14 aimed at keeping children safe from online scams and predators, the Billings Gazette reports. …
South Carolina students to get low-cost laptops
South Carolina is joining the Birmingham, Ala., school system in implementing low-cost laptops from the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child initiative here in the United States, reports the Post and…