Responding to the iPhone's popularity among students, many universities are rolling out initiatives that aim to take advantage of its potential as a converged, mobile learning device.…
Peer-to-peer file sharing has been as unpopular with internet service providers as it has been popular with users. Many ISPs have banned, blocked, or slowed peer-to-peer traffic in their efforts…
JuicyCampus, a web site that publishes anonymous, often malicious gossip about college students, has come under fire from student groups at several colleges and universities who say it is ruining…
Microsoft and Intel have announced a new research initiative aimed at accelerating developments in a trend known as "parallel computing."…
Elementary schools in at least seven cities are piloting an innovative handheld computer that costs only $50 and can be used to help teach reading and math. The nonprofit organization…
Schools could improve students' sluggish math scores by hammering home the basics, such as addition and multiplication, and then increasing the focus on fractions and geometry, the National Mathematics Advisory…
In an effort to enrich learning and strengthen American students' ability to compete in an increasingly global society, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) today launched a bold new…
As schools prepare for the debut this fall of science testing under No Child Left Behind, educators and science advocates are calling for renewed awareness of what many say is…
New testing requirements that will take effect this fall under the federal No Child Left Behind Act are forcing schools to ramp up their science instruction, and curriculum companies are…
The No Child Left Behind Act stipulates that all students should be technologically literate by the end of the eighth grade. But how to assess technological literacy has proven to…