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Hong Kong students protest over ‘brainwashing’ classes

September 5, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Hong Kong students and teachers protested Tuesday for a sixth straight day against plans to introduce Chinese patriotism classes, as political tensions rise days ahead of legislative polls,…

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Thousands of Canada teachers protest pay freeze

August 29, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Canadian teachers on Tuesday protested proposals for a two-year pay freeze and curbs to their collective bargaining rights to help pay down Ontario province's $14.8 billion budget deficit,…

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Nobel writer scorns S.Africa education as ‘a wreck’

July 31, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Nobel literature prize winner Nadine Gordimer poured scorn on South Africa's education system on Tuesday as "a wreck" over the failure to deliver textbooks to thousands of public…

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S.Africa claims delivery of books in schools fiasco

June 29, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

South Africa's education department on Thursday claimed it had supplied nearly all missing textbooks to 5,000 public schools as ordered by a court but doubts remained that the…

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Microsoft sees ‘rebirth’ with new Windows 8 system

November 5, 2013May 23, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 series -- featuring an upgraded cloud computing service -- marks a "rebirth" of its operating systems, chief executive Steve Ballmer said, the AFP reports.

Research

Poor schools undermining US national security, panel says

March 21, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

The failure of US public schools to thoroughly prepare their students for a globalized world is undermining American national security, a blue-ribbon task force warned Tuesday, the AFP…

STEM & STEAM

Schools: Fresh scandal embroils US climate science debate

February 23, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

A fresh scandal over climate change has erupted in the United States after leaked documents appeared to show a right-wing funded campaign to influence how climate science is…

IT Management

Nielsen: Tablets replacing TV, teachers and babysitters

February 20, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Need a way to keep your kids quiet while traveling, entertained at a restaurant or just want to teach them some facts? More and more parents are letting…

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Scientist: Education can solve religion-science conflicts

February 20, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

A perceived conflict between science and religion has led Americans to rank nearly last among industrialized countries in understanding evolution, educators told a major science conference this weekend,…

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Jordan public teachers ignore call to halt strike

February 10, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Jordanian public school teachers on Thursday ignored government calls to halt their strike to press for full annual bonuses, leaving hundreds of thousands of students at home, the…

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Bad teachers ‘will be sacked after a term’

January 13, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Teaching unions clashed with ministers on Friday over plans to let state schools in England sack underperforming teachers after just a term, the AFP reports.

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UK minister says children ‘bored’ by IT classes

January 11, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

British Education Secretary Michael Gove will unveil major changes to the way technology is taught in schools Wednesday, saying children are "bored out of their minds" by current…

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HIV positive teachers to petition China government

November 29, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Three Chinese men who say they were illegally denied government teaching jobs because they are HIV-positive have taken their cases to the country's top leaders, their lawyer told…

STEM & STEAM

‘Weightless’ U.S. teachers eye giant science leap

November 17, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

"Excited," "nervous," "terrified"--just three emotions described by a group of US teachers about to take a dizzying "weightless" flight all for the cause of science, naturally, the AFP…

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Survey: Half of US students face sex harassment

November 8, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Forty-eight percent of US middle and high school students suffered sexual harassment in the past school year, both in person and online, a national survey released Monday said,…

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Private schools win legal fight over charity status

October 17, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Private schools on Friday won a long-running legal battle with the Charity Commission over what schools must do to justify their charitable status, the AFP reports.

IT Management

Tech leaders ponder future of mobile

July 21, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The pace of innovation and change in mobile devices is so dizzying it is difficult to predict the winning platforms and products of the next few years, the…

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Exam-obsessed Hong Kong makes celebrity tutors rich

May 31, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Cut-throat competition for exam success in Hong Kong's high-pressure education system has spawned a new breed of teacher--celebrity tutors with near cult-like status and millionaire lifestyles, reports the…

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Judge throws out Wisconsin union-busting bill

May 27, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A judge in Wisconsin on Thursday threw out legislation backed by Republican lawmakers and the state's governor that would have stripped public workers of union bargaining rights, the…

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US student quits over ‘appalling’ Japan rant

March 21, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A US student whose "appalling" anti-Asian and anti-Japanese rant went viral on YouTube announced she was quitting college, after receiving death threats, reports the AFP.

Research

Higher education, lower blood pressure: study

February 28, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

According to the AFP, the more advanced degrees a person has, the lower their blood pressure, a study published online has found.

Research

US students stressed out: study

January 28, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

First-year students on US campuses are experiencing record levels of stress, according to a study showing increasing financial and academic pressures on young people entering university, reports the…

Research

Study: US college students don’t learn core skills

January 20, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

According to the AFP, a large number of US university students fail to develop critical thinking, reasoning and writing skills because of easy classes and too little time…

Research

Surge in US students of Arabic: study

December 8, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

According to the AFP, Arabic was the fastest-growing foreign language for US university study last year, with enrollments growing by more than 46 percent compared to 2006, a…

IT Management

iPad has real Xmas rival in Galaxy tablet

December 1, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Samsung Electronics says it has sold over 700,000 of its Galaxy Tab device in the six weeks since its launch and believes at least a million will be…

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News Corp. buys education technology company

November 23, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

News Corp. said that it had agreed to acquire 90 percent of education technology company Wireless Generation for 360 million dollars in cash, reports the AFP.

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Samsung takes on Apple with iPad rival

November 5, 2013September 2, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

Samsung on Sept. 2 unveiled what the South Korean electronics giant hopes will be a major rival to Apple's highly successful iPad tablet computer, AFP reports.

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Leading design software AutoCAD returns to Mac

November 5, 2013August 31, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

Autodesk announced Aug. 30 that its AutoCAD software used by professionals to design everything from skyscrapers to pocket knives is reuniting with the Macintosh computer platform, AFP reports.

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Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan

November 5, 2013August 27, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her school days memorizing thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system. Yet, at 21 and now…

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Obama urges Americans to take the lead in higher education

August 10, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

President Barack Obama urged Americans Aug. 9 to crack the books and boost post-secondary graduation rates, arguing that higher education achievement was key to U.S. economic health, AFP…

IT Management

Google to start selling electronic books

May 5, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Google on May 4 said it will soon begin selling electronic books that people can read on any internet-connected device, including Apple's hot-selling iPad tablet computers, AFP reports.

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Avatar’s James Cameron: ‘We need innovators’

November 5, 2013April 28, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Avatar director James Cameron urged young Americans on April 26 to pursue careers in science and technology to keep the United States at the forefront of technical innovation,…

IT Management

Fake antivirus software a growing online threat, Google says

April 28, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Google said April 27 that fake software security programs rigged to infect computers are a growing online threat with hackers tricking people into installing nefarious code on machines,…

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Google criticizes Australia on internet filter plan

March 23, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Internet giant Google on March 23 criticized Australia's controversial plan to filter the internet, saying the plan goes too far and could set a dangerous precedent, AFP reports.

IT Management

Smart phones under growing threat from hackers

February 17, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Smart phones are under a growing menace from cyber-criminals seeking to hack into web-connected handsets, but the mobile industry has contained the threat so far, AFP reports.

IT Management

Microsoft unveils new mobile software platform

November 5, 2013February 15, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Microsoft unveiled on Monday an upgrade to its mobile operating system as the US software giant seeks to regain lost ground in the competitive handset market, according to…

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