Reuters reports that California's San Diego school system on Tuesday sold the nation's first new bonds that pay investors a tax credit but no interest, one of its…
The waiting lists for charter schools, already notoriously long, look like they are about to get longer. President Barack Obama and Arne Duncan, his new education secretary, are…
The United States Supreme Court spent an hour on Tuesday debating what middle school students are apt to put in their underwear and what should be done about…
Tech-savvy students, take heed: Computer hackers are wanted by federal authorities, but not for prosecution. Instead, the government is looking to hire so-called "white hat" hackers to secure…
Ray Schroeder was blogging before it was cool. And as one of the top technology officials at the University of Illinois at Springfield, Schroeder hasn't slowed down, writing…
The Department of Homeland Security and several tech giants are teaming up to launch a nationwide volunteer program that will put tech pros in K-12 classrooms to make…
What happens to the waste we all produce? When does it make sense to recycle? Can trash become energy? Teachers and their students can find answers to these…
Integrating Promethean's ActivClassroom--a suite of educational technologies that includes an interactive whiteboard, teaching software, and student response systems--into instruction can raise student achievement by an average of 17…
National libraries and the U.N. education agency put some of humanity's earliest written works online Tuesday, from ancient Chinese oracle bones to the first European map of the…
Education Secretary Arne Duncan on April 17 released nearly $4 billion to California, the first state to benefit from a special fund for states that was created by…
Do your students really know how to use Google? That was one of many questions presented to educators at this year's 23rd annual Technology and Innovation in Education…
President Obama's planned commencement speech at Notre Dame's May 17 graduation has sparked an online movement calling for the university president's ouster, and has prompted social networking groups,…
President Obama's planned speech at Notre Dame's May 17 graduation has sparked an online movement calling for the university president's ouster and has prompted social networking groups, filled…
The Holocaust. Even now, the images make you want to turn away: the emaciated bodies in the concentration camps; the black-and-white footage of a frothing Adolph Hitler; a…
Information technology company Oracle Corp. announced April 20 it is buying Sun Microsystems Inc. in a cash deal the company valued at $7.4 billion, after IBM abandoned its…
The Channel 4 Newsbreak was meant to shock: "High school assistant principal in Loudoun County arrested for child pornography," announced the anchor. "Details following the Olympics." "That was…
Moderators are increasingly relying on smart software to flag suspicious activity on virtual-world web sites aimed at children, reports the New York Times.
A decade after two students opened fire at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colo., killing 13 and injuring dozens more before turning the guns on themselves, the…
Converting to Google or Microsoft eMail systems is saving some colleges and universities upwards of half a million dollars annually, and the move has satisfied some students and…
Converting to Google or Microsoft eMail systems is saving some colleges and universities upwards of half a million dollars annually, and the move has satisfied some students and…