The New York Times reports that high school students will take the ACT college admissions exam by computer starting in the spring of 2015 — but at least…
The Washington Post reports that a new report that reviewed years of research says that it is hard to accurately monitor levels of bullying in schools because there…
Some of the world's biggest handset makers and telecom carriers are embracing alternative mobile operating systems this year in a quest to become credible challengers to smartphones run…
The Lenovo ThinkPad X131e Chromebook was designed to make teachers more effective, IT managers less stressed, and students more empowered. ... Read more
“Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like,” says Rita Pierson, a veteran educator and recent TED Talks Education speaker. According to Pierson, connecting with students on a…
America’s Home Energy Education Challenge inspires student interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), while encouraging elementary and middle school students to make smarter energy choices and…
Anyone who grew up with a Nintendo more than likely has memories of their parents telling them to stop playing before it rots your brain, the Vancouver Sun…
Weebly for Education is a free online service that is perfect for creating classroom websites, student blogs or e-portfolios, and websites for assigned projects. Its drag-and-drop website editor…
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) ask students to perform with higher levels of cognition and application, and brain training and specific teaching methods can help students succeed…
Most years, Chris Freeman’s Advanced Placement Environmental Studies students design a hypothetical, sustainable house for a class project. More recently, they’ve been designing a high school—their own.
The New York Times reports that facing the task of cutting 142 children from the Head Start program in Colorado Springs this fall, the teachers and administrators came…
While some argue that a truly ubiquitous, digital currency is many years from becoming a reality, behaviorally, we’re already well down money’s evolutionary path: credit cards, direct deposits,…
When 160,000 students registered for an online version of Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence course, many thought that the dream of bringing top quality education to everyone was within reach,…
Watching international versions of Sesame Street has a positive impact on early childhood learning practices and learning outcomes among children in other countries, according to a forthcoming meta-analysis…