Now that even the staid Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has loosened its tight rein on social media networks, it’s time for more educators to use these tools to…
EDUCAUSE 2011 takes place Oct. 18-21 in Philadelphia, and this year's conference will let higher education leaders network, focus, discover, and inspire.
A month ago, I suggested that readers stop asking me what’s a good school and come up with their own ideas. I wanted fresh concepts, including some that…
Would Harry Potter have needed to take spells classes if he'd had access to the magic of the iPhone? NetworkWorld reports that while we'll likely never know the…
Stay-at-home-mom Cindy DePace was just hitting 30 when she decided to return to the work force by going back to school and becoming a teacher, the Associated Press…
Communicating with local people in a foreign country can pose difficulties, whether it is asking for direction or making a special request at a restaurant, Reuters reports.
It's a school district without students, teachers or buildings. Now its chancellor is hiring a staff without a budget, the Detroit News reports. Questions about Chancellor John Covington,…
It’s a modern Cinderella story: Representatives from 18 optimistic, hardworking school communities were honored with a fancy black tie party Sept. 20, with critics of public education blissfully…
Virginia's Board of Education is expected today to hand off legislation to local school districts allowing them to add gun safety to elementary school curriculum, the Huffington Post…
High school students wearing "Free Banana Man" T-shirts to protest a classmate's suspension for sprinting around a football field in a banana costume are drawing support from the…
Teachers struggled for years to find books on local historical figures written for young students. After three years of work, nine Denver Public Schools teachers have published 13…
Although "Our Virginia: Past and Present," the controversial history textbook that claimed that "[t]housands of Southern blacks fought in the Confederate ranks, including two black battalions under the…
It's a good time to be Biz Stone. The 37-year-old Berkeley resident, who just five years ago co-founded a little microblogging service you may have heard of, is…
Newark teachers will get grants to develop innovative classroom programs from the $100 million donated by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to the city's school district, WestWard Patch reports.
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