Last year we presented “New: 10 of the best Apple apps for education in 2012,” which highlighted some of the best apps for iPhones and iPods. However, with…
Many aspiring crafters and cooking fanatics are familiar with Pinterest, a social media site set up like a virtual bulletin board in which users “pin” favorite home décor,…
Sylvia Todd’s desk is not tidy. It’s cluttered with small robots (including a solar-powered grasshopper), motors, wires, resistors, a soldering iron and an array of other gadgets and…
Can computers really grade essay tests? The National Council of Teachers of English say “no,” even if there is new software that says “yes,” the Washington Post reports.
Classrooms come with their own unique characters, props, and soundtracks. To the average student, these things meld into the background, setting the scene for learning. However, for children…
Angela Bagby's students in the autism classroom at Marshall Elementary School can't verbalize the answers to a spelling test or hold a pencil for more than a few…
First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move! Active Schools” campaign encourages participation Chicago, Ill., Feb. 28, 2013– Active Schools Acceleration Project ... Read more
About 20,000 students in California who need to learn English aren't getting adequate language instruction, according to a lawsuit against the state and education workers filed by the…
Government Technology reports that because of differences in lower-income and higher-income schools in Maryland's Prince George's County, not every student has access to identical technology.
Until the current school funding model is redesigned to one that is based on students instead of on institutions, even the most potentially revolutionary educational models will fail,…
The Genetic Science Learning Center, a science and health education program from the University of Utah, aims to make science easy for everyone to understand.
A burgeoning graduate school aimed at reinventing higher education's relationship with high tech is getting a $133 million gift from a professor-turned-entrepreneur who used his engineering background to…