Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
To most tech watchers, Microsoft is a giant software maker, CNET reports. But that's not how Microsoft sees itself anymore. For the past several months, Microsoft chief executive…
Educational gaming is a well-known concept in educational technology by now, though many schools have yet to implement it in their classrooms. But as experts often agree, gaming…
A Chicopee school is ending a three-year experiment with an all-girls math class after finding no evidence that it improved the students’ academic performance, the Associated Press reports.…
Facebook has started dribbling out the latest changes to its everchanging privacy controls, CNET reports. New privacy notifications and menus are now greeting members as they log into…
Students who cheat in school are likely to continue with that deceitful behavior as adults in the workplace, new research shows. LiveScience.com reports that the University of Minnesota…
President Barack Obama is launching an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence, underscoring the growing political consensus over tightening gun restrictions following the horrific massacre at a Connecticut…
A federal judge is mulling whether a Texas high school that requires students to wear tracking badges can remove students who refuse to comply, the Huffington Post reports.…
Stationed in front of one of his large self-portraits, the artist Chuck Close raised his customized wheelchair to balance on two wheels, seeming to defy the laws of…
Digital apps that claim to teach children important reading and literacy skills do not always impart higher-level abilities that children need to develop strong reading skills, according to…
Countries around the world are leveraging the power of social networking in school to prepare students for highly competitive workplace environments, and the U.S. education system could learn…
Connecticut school officials' plan to get survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting back together at a new school is exactly the right decision, says a youth…
A cell phone game for kids about U.S. geography, “Stack the States,” gets rave reviews from parents. Its creator, Dan Russell-Pinson, considered making the 99-cent app better by…
If there’s one toy guaranteed to captivate toddlers this holiday season, it’s the iPad, reports the Washington Post. What’s more appealing to a tot than blinking lights, fun…
In Boston, the public schools have asked the police to step up visits to elementary schools throughout the day on Monday, The New York Times reports. In Denver,…
Steve Shapiro, a math teacher at Falls Church High School in Fairfax County, had a sick feeling when he saw the results of last spring’s state math tests,…