The sweeping national broadband plan that federal regulators delivered to Congress last week doesn't go far enough to satisfy some experts, who warn that the United States would…
The Daily Princetonian reports that a majority of college students use Wikipedia.org for course-related research, and students majoring in architecture, engineering, and science are more likely to do…
In a question-and-answer feature on its web site, PBS NewsHour addresses this question from a viewer: “As a nation of technology, why do public schools continue to eliminate…
Internet giant Google on March 23 criticized Australia's controversial plan to filter the internet, saying the plan goes too far and could set a dangerous precedent, AFP reports.
K-12 schools and colleges are adding extra layers of security to web applications that are being used for everything from eMail service to group assignments. The extra security…
Riding the coattails of a historic health care vote, the House on Sunday also passed a broad reorganization of college aid that affects millions of students and moves…
The science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) industry should make every effort to work from the top down to encourage women and minorities to pursue careers in those…
In most states, teenagers who send or receive sexually explicit photographs by cell phone or computer—known as “sexting”—have risked felony child pornography charges and being listed on a…
Just as finals approached, David Orozco's family decided to drop internet access to save money. But the Canby High School senior had a group project on Bosnia and…
Across the nation, a single question formed in the minds of tens of thousands of college basketball fans last Thursday at 10 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, reports the…
Juwanna Brown, a 16-year-old junior at Illinois’ Lane Tech High School, found answers to many of her questions about college in a virtual environment, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
The injection of conservative ideals into the social studies lessons that will be taught to millions of Texas students might not have as much of an effect on…
Open courseware isn’t the end of higher education, as some have feared, but rather a recruiting tool that can lure people to enroll in credit-bearing classes, according to…
A California appeals court ruled this week that threatening posts made by readers of a web site are not protected free speech, allowing a case charging the posters…
More than 140 Fresno State professors are trying out a computer tool that taps into video-game competitiveness to improve student writing, reports the Fresno Bee.
Congressional Democrats on March 18 trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college…
The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a high school student who sued his teacher after she confiscated his cell phone, reports the Arkansas News Bureau.
Pointing to internal YouTube eMail messages, Viacom said in a court filing that the video site’s founders turned a blind eye when users uploaded copyrighted clips so they…