Closing schools might not stop flu transmission
Students aren't the only ones staying home as swine flu spreads through schools across the country. Parents are nursing their ailing kids while trying not to get sick…
Month: April 2009
Advice for schools on swine flu
President Barack Obama on April 29 said schools should close temporarily if any students have confirmed or suspected cases of swine flu. He was reiterating guidance from the…
Georgia schools scamper to join legions on Twitter
Twitter, the latest rage in free social networking, is being used by celebrities, CEOs, soccer moms, and now even tech-savvy school districts to keep the public informed about…
Talk to kids about sexting, Burlington officials say
If your child has a cell phone, then it's time for the "talk" -- that is, the talk about the dangers of sexting. That was the message that…
India buys 250,000 low-cost laptops from OLPC
India has purchased 250,000 XO laptops from the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child project, a move that boosts the initiative and could help the deflating effort get back…
More books coming to students with disabilities
Students with disabilities often wait weeks or months for their textbooks to be specially formatted, but now a new higher-education partnership could make these books more widely available…
More books coming to students with disabilities
Students with disabilities often wait weeks or months for their textbooks to be specially formatted, but now a new higher-education partnership could make these books more widely available…
Obama warns of more school closings
As worries of a possible pandemic intensified April 29 amid reports of the first death in the United States from swine flu, President Obama said school leaders should…
Rare and ancient written works go online
National libraries from more than a dozen countries, in coordination with the United Nations' education agency, put some of humanity's earliest written works online April 21 with their…
Hundreds sick at NYC school hit by virus
The global swine flu outbreak worsened April 28 as authorities said hundreds of students at a New York school have fallen ill and federal officials confirmed the first…
School employees clogging computers with personal eMail
The Tampa, Fla., school board is wrestling with how to set rules for employees' personal use of eMail -- a problem with no easy answers, reports the Tampa…
Tech clubs help students see a future filled with possibilities
Once mostly populated by engineers' children and brain-bowl participants, school technology clubs are now seeing students from disadvantaged homes sign up, reports the Orlando Sentinel.
Universities mobilize against pandemic threat
University-based research that helped authorities understand avian flu in 2006 could help mitigate the spread of swine flu in the United States, and higher-education officials are crediting the…
Reading, math scores show mixed results
United States students are improving in reading across the board and in math at the lower age levels, with low-achieving students making the biggest gains. But high school…
DVD copying software on trial
A federal trial now under way could decide whether educators, students, and other consumers will have legal access to technology that allows them to make backup copies of…
DOE ARRA Implementation Briefing
On April 1, 2009, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that $44 billion for states and schools is now available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act…
Government video on Pandemic Flu
PandemicFlu.gov provides comprehensive government-wide information on pandemic influenza and avian influenza for the general public, health and emergency preparedness professionals, policy makers, government and business leaders, school systems,…
This Land: Ohio Serenade
The New York Times reports that in Newark, Ohio, a shifting economic landscape is affecting even the town's high school musicians.
Laptops help sick kids stay connected to school, friends
A third-grader at Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., Ahmed Hamdi hasn't seen much of his class in the past few months. That's because he was…
Florida introduces web-based reading aid
The Florida Department of Education on April 27 unveiled a new reading assessment program intended to use web-based technology to quickly identify a student's strengths and weaknesses in…