An analysis by an education policy think tank finds that the common academic standards many states will be adopting are clearer and more rigorous than those currently used…
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, apprehensive about a new state law that allows public schools to operate almost entirely in cyberspace, will consider imposing limits…
North Dakota is developing a statewide data project to track student progress in school and provide information about whether young people are learning skills that the job market…
The lines between traditionally defined categories of products and services in the audio-visual (AV) field are blurring—and never has that been more apparent than at this year’s InfoComm…
Other news from InfoComm 2010 exhibitors included new developments in digital signage, interactive whiteboards and displays, and video capture and editing tools—including a video “control room in a…
Earlier this year, Epson and Boxlight introduced projectors that can turn virtually any surface into an interactive whiteboard. Now, Texas Instruments has developed a similar ability for projectors…
Using one computer to power many has saved money as school budgets have been slashed, but too much of this good thing can lead to “virtualization sprawl”—an emerging…
Less than two months after the nation's governors and state school chiefs released their final recommendations for national education standards, 27 states have adopted them and about a…
Business.gov, the U.S. government's online portal for small businesses, recently was added to FREE (Federal Resources for Education Excellence), the Education Department's collection of federal web sites that…
U.S. schools, businesses, and consumers might get more options in wireless service starting next year, with the launch of a new wireless broadband network that aims to provide…
The latest procrastination-tool-of-choice on college campuses is called "Wikiracing," reports the Philadelphia Inquirer--and like the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game, albeit modified for the internet age, it…
Arizona school districts can offer bus and web site space for advertising, but it appears few in the East Valley are seeing a big impact from the state's…
California is the home of Silicon Valley and the most sophisticated data systems in the world, yet it continues to rank near the bottom for student and teacher…
One thing that still surprises me is the number of states willing to allow college and university students to carry concealed weapons on campus. More than 30 years…
As Kansas City, Mo., students return to their age-assigned classrooms this fall, they will begin to take assessments in math and reading—tests that will determine their mastery of…
The Associated Press reports that a group of media and electronics companies will soon start testing a system that will let you watch the movies you buy wherever…
The Amazon.com Kindle eReader and bookstore have reached a "tipping point," the company said July 19, with Kindle titles outselling hardcover books on the massive online marketplace for…
Nokia Siemens Networks said July 19 that it had agreed to buy the wireless-network equipment division of Motorola for $1.2 billion in cash, the New York Times reports.
Final exams are probably not anybody’s primary concern at the moment, but it is worth noting that the July-August edition of Harvard Magazine reports that many Harvard professors…
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