A former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life was convicted of invasion of privacy and anti-gay intimidation March…
President Barack Obama appears in an upcoming Cartoon Network documentary aimed at encouraging bullied children and others to speak up, and says that as the father of two…
School districts soon will be able to opt out of a common ammonia-treated ground beef filler that critics have dubbed "pink slime," Philly.com reports.
During the week before each SAT test date, I meet with each of my students to go over last minute pointers. We review content and strategy, we discuss…
While punishing students by spanking them with paddles at school seems like a scene from Little House on the Prairie , it's still a reality for students in…
It’s common knowledge that many kids love the idea of robots, but does asking them to describe their dream robots lead to useful insight into how kids learn?…
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has criticized President Obama for encouraging more Americans to seek higher education, even going as far as to call the president a "snob."…
Every day for the last four years, Leah Alcala has greeted her Berkeley, California, middle-school students with an exercise she calls "my favorite no," the Huffington Post reports.
Despite dozens of allegations of neglect and sexual abuse over the years, the U.S. State Department abandoned a plan to require FBI-based fingerprint searches for people hosting foreign…
Through a combination of blended learning, individualized instruction, and enthusiasm, online biology teacher Leslie Fetzer’s dedication to helping her special-needs students develop core learning skills contributed to her…
At its annual CUE Conference this week, Computer-Using Educators, Inc. (CUE) will announce a collaboration with YouTube on an exciting video curation project designed for teachers. Through this…
When things are going well, it might seem like a strange time for a leader to step aside—but according to one of educational technology’s most notable figures, that’s…
Jakayla Ivory, a St. Louis high-school student convicted of second-degree assault, likely would have gotten two years in jail. Instead, she went to school at Jimmie Edwards' Innovative…
It’s no secret that online and blended learning are picking up momentum nationwide—and during a recent International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) webinar, experts offered advice for…
Tens of thousands of students, most of them disabled, are strapped down or physically restrained in school, and disability advocates hope that a new Education Department report detailing…
A Miami high school honors student who faced imminent deportation to Colombia has won a two-year reprieve after 2,000 fellow students took to the city's streets to protest…
Florida's state Senate narrowly killed a bill on Friday that would have allowed parents with children in failing public schools to leapfrog their local school boards and take…
Massachusetts high school students would be required to stay in school until age 18 under a bill approved Thursday by a legislative panel hoping to reduce the number…
The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology faces a federal lawsuit after reportedly threatening to drop a 17-year-old student from the National Honor Society after she…
With student enrollment increasing rapidly, virtual schooling is experiencing some growing pains. From high dropout rates to concerns about academic rigor, virtual schooling is generating a litany of…
Technology is essential to the modern classroom: computers, tablets, and eReaders give educators and students extraordinary access to interactive resources that connect, inform, inspire, and entertain. Unfortunately, technology…
Hotel and symposium registrations are now open for the eLearning Strategies Symposium. Recognizing the continued rise in online and blended ... Read more
The National School Boards Association celebrates its 72nd annual conference, April 21-23 in Boston, and attendees will be able to see first-hand how technology transforms learning and improves…
I am absolutely appalled a high school basketball team would be called out for a "U.S.A." chant. Being patriotic is not being insensitive. In fact, America needs more…
You’ve considered every detail: re-thought the spatial configurations of the classrooms to account for over 40 students, ensured that the noise from outside doesn’t drown out the teacher,…
Stretching out along the banks of the St. John’s River, the Episcopal School of Jacksonville is where the city’s elite send their children for academic success steeped in…
In a dispute that will determine whether New Haven must overhaul the way it engages parents, Superintendent Reggie Mayo said he was "shocked" to find out that the…
Education stakeholders often ask for research to justify ed-tech purchases. But instead of using research to rationalize a large-scale, expensive purchase, school leaders first should identify the problem…
Teachers are less satisfied with their jobs than they have been in decades, but parent engagement with their schools has increased, according to the MetLife Survey of the…
A math assignment that required students to figure out how many Africans, Americans, and Indians to bake in ovens for Thanksgiving was a recipe for termination for a…
Utah would become the first state to ban public schools from teaching contraception as a way of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases under a bill given final…
The Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives has voted to repeal the state's gun-free school zone laws, setting up a potential battle that only Gov. Jan Brewer (R) may…
The Justice Department has warned Apple and five of the biggest U.S. publishers that it plans to sue them, accusing them of colluding to raise the prices of…
