Thousands of dollars worth of school supplies and musical equipment is missing from St. Louis Public School--the worst part? SLPC has no idea where the missing supplies are and how they were taken. [Read More]

The statistics are staggering. More than half our nation's teaching workforce is quickly approaching retirement age. [Read More]

A new repayment option is available that makes monthly payments more affordable for Americans with heavy federal student loan burdens. [Read More]

William Farren, an advocate of education reform focusing on well-being and the elephant in the edu-living room called environmental stewardship, produced "Did You Ever Wonder?" as a response to "Did You Know?" Pairing these videos brings out fundamental questions about the purpose of education. Also, Wyntergrace Williams, daughter of Montel Williams, speaks out in favor of vegetarian school lunch options in a new television commercial. [Read More]

A team of 13 LSU researchers and students, led by faculty at the LSU Center for Computation & Technology, or CCT, conducted a presentation and demonstration that won first prize at the SCALE 2009 challenge at CCGrid09, a premier conference for cluster and Grid computing. The SCALE 2009 competition, which took place in Shanghai, China, involved researchers demonstrating real-world problem solving using scalable computing, in which scientists use computer systems that can easily adapt, or scale up, to provide greater performance and computing power and give them greater capability to solve complex problems. The CCT-led demonstration showcased a scalable, interactive system to simulate and visualize black holes to study the physics of gravitational waves. This complex process involves many challenges that scientists are only now able to address with modern cyberinfrastructure, including scalable computing systems. [Read More]

In May, students at a Japanese elementary school had a parallel experience when they came to class one day and found Saya, the face robot, sitting at the front of the room. Hiroshi Kobayashi, a mechanical engineering professor at the Tokyo University of Science, developed Saya in 2004 to be a university receptionist. Kobayashi said robots need humans, and Saya -- who is operated via remote control by a human watching the teacher's interactions through a camera -- was created "just for fun." [Read More]

School is out, but that doesn't mean the books should close; summer can also be a time for learning. Please take a moment to watch this brief video of a BELL scholar sharing how summer learning changed her life. [Read More]

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (www.sfjff.org) launched the largest and most comprehensive online resource for Jewish film in the world. The New Media Initiative (backed by Steven Spielberg and Charles H. Revson Foundation) serves as the ultimate destination for film lovers and filmmakers alike, replicating the same successful models of curation, exhibition, education and community-building that the Festival has successfully offered since 1980, now brought to life online through a media-rich web resource. [Read More]

Of the Student, By the Student, For the Student, a service learning project created by students of the Harpers Ferry Middle School to present the story of the John Brown Raid to other youths during the 150th anniversary of the event that lit the fuse that touched off the Civil War, is presented to the public for the first time. [Read More]

Joseph Viteritti, editor of "When Mayor's Take Charge," on mayoral control, its benefits, and needed reforms in NYC. [Read More]

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