Border staff, teachers join 1-day UK strike
Airline passengers arriving in Britain escaped chaos early Wednesday despite dire predictions of long waits, as border staff joined teachers, hospital workers and weather forecasters in the country's…
Year: 2011
Big expansion, big questions for Teach for America
The federal government and private investors are betting that Teach for America can help overcome poverty and ensure that disadvantaged children succeed, but others aren't so sure.
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With online testing on the horizon, infrastructure could be a challenge
With new online tests being designed to reflect the Common Core standards, school districts in at least 45 states will have to replace pencil-and-paper testing with the new…
Condoleezza Rice: U.S. education system will ‘drive us into class warfare’ like never before
On a special Thanksgiving edition of Face the Nation, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told CBS's Bob Schieffer that the U.S. public school system is the nation's…
Drug war sends emotionally troubled kids to Texas
The classroom falls silent as the teacher explains that victims of violence go through specific psychological stages in the aftermath of an attack. Most of these students, though,…
EU data protection reform to replace national laws
The European Union wants to replace a mishmash of national laws on data protection with one bloc-wide reform, updating laws put in place long before Facebook and other…
Watch: Former Atlanta schools chief: ‘I can’t make you cheat’
In her first official television interview since investigators uncovered one of the largest cheating scandals in public school history, former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall said she…
HIV positive teachers to petition China government
Three Chinese men who say they were illegally denied government teaching jobs because they are HIV-positive have taken their cases to the country's top leaders, their lawyer told…
Colleges defend humanities amid tight budgets
As states tighten their allocations to public universities, many administrators say they're feeling pressure to defend the worth of humanities.
Teen tweeter won’t apologize to Kan. governor
A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology, the…
Could this be a way to speed up learning?
One of the most difficult tasks to teach Air Force pilots who guide unmanned attack drones is how to pick out targets in complex radar images. Pilot training…
Video: 180-day suspension for ‘accidentally’ touching teacher?
Seventh grader Je'Terra Bowie has been suspended for the past month from Wilkinson Middle School in Detroit for allegedly accidentally touching her teacher as she reached back to…
Michigan to fine Detroit Public Schools for high truancy
State officials are weighing how much to penalize Detroit Public Schools for persistent truancy, a problem that could cost the financially troubled district up to $25.9 million, according…
Library group denounces book destruction at Occupy Wall Street
The American Library Association has denounced the destruction of books at a library set up by Occupy Wall Street when New York police raided a park where protesters…
Teachers’ newest online worry: ‘cyberbaiting’
A new report sheds light on an emerging trend known as “cyberbaiting,” a phenomenon where students taunt their teachers to the point of outburst, then capture the teachers’…
Report: Publishing teacher ratings will hinder reform
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High-tech education clicks … but only for some schools
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Police: No charges in gay teen’s bullycide
Police investigating the suicide of a bullied gay teenager said Nov. 22 that offensive comments he endured online and at school couldn't be considered criminal and that no…
Deadline for 2012 eRate applications announced
The Universal Service Administrative Co., which runs the federal eRate program, has announced the opening and closing dates of the eRate filing window for Funding Year 2012.
Four new American Chemical Society podcasts shine a light on solar energy
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has released a series of audio podcasts highlighting the science and cutting-edge technology behind solar power. The podcasts, available free of charge, tell…
FCC chairman opposes AT&T takeover of T-Mobile
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has come out against the merger of cell-phone giants AT&T and T-Mobile USA, ... Read more
A problem for North Carolina students: Virtual school is too popular
High school students across the state are being blocked, at least temporarily, from attending the North Carolina Virtual Public School ... Read more
For-profit colleges broke rules in U.S. inquiry
According to a report released Nov. 22 by the Government Accountability Office, most of the commercial colleges tested by undercover ... Read more
School bucks tech trend with unplugged approach
While a growing number of teachers use netbooks and iPads to teach students, a new school in Edmonton, Alberta, keeps ... Read more
Technology that gives children a voice
A mobile phone is helping children in the U.K. who cannot communicate effectively through speech alone to gather data about ... Read more
Rules could prompt colleges to pull online programs from some states
Online college students in Massachusetts, Arkansas, and Minnesota soon could have more limited school options as colleges and universities plan to withdraw their online programs from those states…
Survey reveals teens’ experiences on social networking sites
As social media use has become pervasive in the lives of American teens, a new study finds that 69 percent of the teenagers who use social networking sites…
Eleven arrested in connection with alleged SAT cheating scam
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Fort Worth school district puts software vendor on notice
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College.xxx? Schools snap up porn domains to keep them clean
The world is getting closer to the launching of a new internet address system for pornography providers, and there are some eye-opening names being registered. Among them: washu.xxx…
The top 25 worst passwords of 2011: See what to avoid
Think your password is fine? You’d better check this list to be sure, reports the Huffington Post. Password management app ... Read more
Gates testifies in $1B lawsuit against Microsoft
Microsoft’s Bill Gates returns to the witness stand on Nov. 22 to defend his company against a $1 billion antitrust ... Read more
Penguin pulls new eBooks from libraries
Citing unspecified “concerns about the security of our digital editions,” Penguin Group USA is pulling new eBooks from libraries; in ... Read more
‘Exemplary’ elementary school skipped science, social studies for third graders
Third-graders at a Dallas elementary school helped propel their school to “exemplary” status, but unbeknownst to their parents, those stellar ... Read more
Review: Nook Tablet is a worthy competitor to Kindle Fire
Last week, Associated Press technology writer Peter Svensson reviewed the Kindle Fire, Amazon’s $199 tablet that aims to challenge the iPad. This week, he reviewed the new $249…
ED’s new partner in teacher recruitment: Microsoft
The U.S. Education Department (ED) is handing control of its online platform for teacher recruitment and retention, www.teach.gov, to software giant Microsoft Corp., the two organizations announced earlier…
Piedmont students to get citywide wireless
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Poor students with poorly educated parents fare worse in U.S. than other countries
Intuitively, a child’s academic performance is likely higher if he or she has highly educated parents, and lower if the ... Read more
Illinois principal who ‘sexted’ resigns
A Lake Forest, Ill., middle school principal resigned Nov. 21 in response to controversy over how the district handled his ... Read more