Jack Smith can put mine rescuers in the midst of an underground emergency with lives at stake, all in the calmness of a university research lab. Smith, a…
Jack Smith can put mine rescuers in the midst of an underground emergency with lives at stake, all in the calmness of a university research lab. Smith, a…
The ING Unsung Heroes Program is searching for education professionals who are using creative and unique educational programs or who would like to use those types of programs…
Each year, The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation provides grants of up to $10,580 (a symbolic amount representing the cost of the Spirit of St. Louis)…
Samsung is accepting applications for their Thinking Ahead high school scholarship program. Students are asked to submit a 500-word essay on what he or she thinks about technology…
Tool Factory and Olympus have teamed to bring three separate grant opportunities to students and teachers. The Tool Factory Podcasting grant program is asking teachers to submit lesson…
In the Digital Wish program teachers are asked to submit technology-based lesson plans, which focus on interesting ways to infused technology in the classroom. As many as the…
Educators across the country are counting on a federal stimulus windfall to prevent teacher layoffs and improve schools. But while Washington is giving, some state and local governments…
Warren County, Ohio, Prosecutor Rachel Hutzel said advances in technology have surpassed laws that were written to protect juveniles. That's why two Warren County state legislators, along with…
The Idaho state legislature's House Education Committee has advanced a measure allowing traditional public schools to contract with private companies that offer online education courses, reports the Idaho…
Students and other fans of college sports have to be careful about the company they keep on Facebook and other social-networking web sites, or they might get themselves…
Students and other fans of college sports have to be careful about the company they keep on Facebook and other social-networking web sites, or they might get themselves…
Shmoop is a new web site that "aims to make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age." Designed by Ph.D and master's…
Wyoming's school bus passengers will breathe a little easier thanks to a $1.73 million grant from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to clean up diesel emissions, reports…
As schools and colleges try to trim budgets and save money, many are re-examining their personnel meeting practices in an effort to cut travel costs--and a new low-cost,…
University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school's three hospitals. Key words: Conficker, University of Utah,…
South Dakota students aren't guaranteed a high-quality education, a circuit judge ruled April 8, in declaring that the way the state pays for education does not violate the…
Cell phones, considered a nuisance or worse in many schools, are welcome at Mary Passage Middle School in Virginia, reports WTKR: At least eight teachers are using them…
At a time when the nation's economic future seems shaky, many school and public libraries are moving to open-source library management systems, which tend to be cheaper, more…
Free scholarly material is becoming more available on the internet, and a new web site offers hundreds of free, peer-reviewed articles to college students, including those with non-scientific…