How brain research might affect instruction
Risk assessments are awful, but necessary
Here are 5 ways to improve risk assessments in your district
Online nurse training feels old-school heat
From its modest headquarters nestled in an Albany business park, Excelsior College has become the largest nursing school in the nation.
Review: 5 eBook readers for less than $175
When Amazon.com’s ground-breaking Kindle eBook reader came out in 2007, it cost $399. Now, some eReaders, including the most recent Kindle entry, can be had for just north…
Why women have an advantage in technology
Audrey MacLean describes herself as an accidental technologist, an accidental entrepreneur, and an accidental investor. But at the age of eight, she made at least one plan: She…
Parents enact trigger laws nationwide
It's been seven months since the brave parents at McKinley Elementary School approached Compton Unified and handed in the petitions that sounded off a revolution that has the…
Dutch lawmakers adopt net neutrality law
The Netherlands on Wednesday became the first country in Europe, and only the second in the world, to enshrine the concept of network neutrality into national law by…
Research: 3D content can help improve learning
In one of the first significant studies of the effects of three-dimensional content on K-12 instruction, Colorado’s Boulder Valley School District found that the use of 3D content…
Solving the challenges of mobile device management
While the potential for mobile learning with smart phones or other portable devices is huge, many challenges remain before everywhere, all-the-time learning becomes a reality.
Florida’s teachers union sues state over pension reform, plans further action
Florida's largest teachers union filed suit on Monday to stop the enactment of new pension reform laws, the first lawsuit of potentially many that seek to halt the…
Sony Ericsson eyes Android market with new phones
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson unveiled two new Android models Wednesday in a bid to grab more of the burgeoning smartphone market, the Associated Press reports.
Digital Wish makes school fundraising easier
Websites that let teachers post their classroom "wish lists" for donors to fulfill have been around for more than a decade, but now one of those sites—Digital Wish—has…
Secrets to attention-grabbing IWB content
Most educators are thrilled to have interactive whiteboards in their classrooms, but many wonder how to make the jump from passive teacher lectures to truly interactive and engaging…
Lecture capture used to proctor exams in higher education
Valerie DeVoss knows what test cheating sounds like: Tapping on a smart phone, the rustling of unseen papers, and barely audible whispering – all tipoffs that can be…
Worst of Detroit schools to be moved to new system
The worst of Detroit's schools will be pulled out of the district--which the nation's top education official calls the "bottom of the barrel”--and placed in a new system…
Rick Perry signs student criminal disclosure law in Texas
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed into law a measure that gives the state's teachers more access to criminal information about their student, the Associated Press reports.
No education agenda left behind becomes Obama hurdle as congress deadlocks
When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, he pledged to “fix” the No Child Left Behind federal education law and to promote rigorous standards, merit pay and…
Coming soon to the internet: The .whatever address
A quarter-century after the creation of ".com," the agency that assigns internet addresses is loosening its rules and allowing suffixes named after brands, hobbies, political causes and just…
New project could improve results from school web searches
A new partnership between the Association of Educational Publishers and Creative Commons aims to improve internet search results for teachers and students by creating a metadata framework designed…
Virtual network promotes sharing of learning content across state lines
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York are joining forces to fund an open-source technology network that would give teachers access to…
5 important things tablets can’t do yet
Tablet computers have actually been on the market for some time. However, it wasn't until the iPad came out that the tablet format really took off, Yahoo! News…
Education laws in Ohio, Idaho subject of repeal campaigns
Two states are pushing back against new education reforms by putting recently passed laws up for popular vote, the Huffington Post reports.
Students, educators leverage educational streaming media
Students and staff at a Galesburg, Ill., school district are giving a ringing endorsement to Learn360’s broad range of services that have enhanced the interactive learning experience at…
‘TV textbooks’ bring access to low-income Florida students
Prompted by lackluster reading scores, Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville, Fla., is attempting to reach low-income students by turning students' televisions into learning centers.
Apple back to school promo hands out $100 app store credits
Apple has announced that it is switching up its back to school promotion this year. Instead of getting a free iPod Touch, this time students will be offered…
The NEA and WWE’s new anti-bullying campaign
What if I told you that World Wrestling Entertainment had partnered with the National Education Association to do an anti-bullying campaign? Would you think it was a bad…
Mom files complaint after daughters given oral sex survey in middle school
A Massachusetts mother of two middle school students was alarmed to discover her children had been forced to take a survey about sex in the classroom, the Huffington…
Report: Facebook users more trusting, engaged
Facebook, it turns out, isn't just a waste of time. People who use it have more close friends, get more social support and report being more politically engaged…
Companies respond to ACLU’s ‘Don’t Filter Me’ campaign
Web filtering software companies have started to respond to the American Civil Liberties Union’s call to remove filters that block websites with content geared toward the lesbian, gay,…
Wisconsin unions sue over new collective bargaining law
Unions representing public workers in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday to block the state's new curbs on collective bargaining, which were upheld by the…
Alabama’s immigration law: The new Jim Crow
Alabama's new law -- with provisions against hiring, harboring or transporting undocumented immigrants -- is bad enough for adults. But it is potentially disastrous for kids? Asks the…
Arizona schools chief says Tucson program violates law
Arizona's superintendent of schools said on Wednesday a controversial ethnic studies program in Tucson public schools violates new state law and he threatened to cut off $15 million…
New Orleans schools would answer to three boards under new proposal
With 75% of New Orleans students slated to attend charter schools next year, some stakeholders say a management split between the far-away state capitol and a local school…
Gun at anti-violence film shoot leads to arrests
Police arrested an Oakland student, teacher and school counselor after finding a real gun among props that were being used to shoot a video in a public park…
Ten tips for using social media in school communications
With social media networks now ubiquitous, it’s time to shift the debate from whether it’s a good idea for educators to use this new medium to how to…
Ex govs help launch Idaho education task force
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush visited Idaho on Tuesday to stump for public schools chief Tom Luna's new education laws, saying similar changes are being implemented across the…
L.A. schools halt sale of chocolate, strawberry-flavored milk on campuses
The L.A. Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday voted to stop providing chocolate or strawberry-flavored milk in school cafeterias as of July 1, the Los Angeles…
Update: Wis. lawmakers spare broadband program
