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Netflix CEO wades into net neutrality debates

January 28, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Netflix, the DVD mail-order-company-turned-online-video-giant, is firing back at cable and telecom firms as it weighs in on an increasingly thorny debate over net neutrality, the Washington Post reports.

Teaching & Learning

Community Colleges: Where’s our $12 billion?

January 28, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The Obama administration has touted community colleges as the one institution in higher education that can best adapt to the nation's economic realities and still deliver the education…

District Management

Brooklyn College revokes instructor’s appointment to teach Mideast politics

January 28, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Professor Kristofer Petersen-Overton said he had learned a that Brooklyn College was rescinding his appointment, saying he lacked the academic qualifications to teach such a high-level course, reports…

District Management

School district turns snow days into ‘e-days’

January 27, 2011 by Laura Ascione

A small rural Ohio school district is experimenting with a new version of the traditional snow day -- one that some kids are not likely to enjoy much,…

District Management

U.K. university awards first Beatles degree

January 27, 2011 by Laura Ascione

A Canadian woman has become the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in Beatles studies, Reuters reports. Former Miss Canada finalist Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy…

District Management

Your professor, your computer, and you

January 27, 2011 by Laura Ascione

Can students possibly learn more sitting alone, staring at a computer screen for hours on end than they could sitting amongst peers and interacting directly with an expert…

District Management

Ohio mom jailed for lying about kids’ school residency

January 27, 2011 by Laura Ascione

How far would you go to get your children into a better public school? The best intentions of one Ohio woman landed her in jail, AOL News reports.…

Research finds text-messaging improves children’s spelling skills

January 26, 2011January 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A new study from Coventry University finds no evidence that having access to mobile phones harms children's literacy skills, reports ReadWriteWeb. In fact, the research suggests that texting…

District Management

Holocaust historical data goes digital

January 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The world's largest collection of Holocaust documents is going digital, the Associated Press reports.

District Management

Rep. Rand Paul unveils $500 billion in federal budget cuts

January 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The freshman Republican congressman, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), would nearly eliminate the Department of Education and do away with the Energy Department, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Teaching & Learning

Education group to push for funding

January 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Higher-education supporters have formed another new group that aims to pressure the Legislature to be more generous with education funding, reports the Seattle Times.

District Management

Verizon to offer $30/month unlimited data plan for iPhone

January 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

You'll be able to get unlimited data with the upcoming Verizon iPhone, carrier execs have confirmed. Meanwhile, word has it that Verizon may nix a cheaper, capped 3G…

Blended Learning

Future murky for virtual classrooms

January 25, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Kalynn Greer, 16, can see success in her future now, thanks to an alternative education program that lets her learn online and outside of a classroom. But it's…

Google and Mozilla announce new privacy features

January 25, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Add two more internet browser makers to the list of companies planning to offer web users new ways to control how their personal data is collected online, reports…

District Management

Bill would let ‘sexting’ NJ teens avoid charges

January 25, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

New Jersey teenagers caught texting or posting sexually explicit photos online could avoid prosecution under a measure that would give first-time offenders the chance to complete a diversionary…

Teaching & Learning

Public universities relying more on tuition than state money

January 25, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

In most states, it is now tuition payments, not state appropriations, that cover most of the budget, the New York Times reports.

Florida or Ghana, eReading innovators face the same challenges

January 25, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Worldreader, an eReader nonprofit with a project in Ghana, and Clearwater High School in Florida, who also have an eReader project, have found they are facing many of…

District Management

For-profit college group sues over regulations

January 24, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A group representing for-profit colleges and trade schools filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the U.S. Department of Education seeking to block new regulations of the sector, the…

District Management

LA judge limits seniority-based teacher layoffs

January 24, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A judge on Friday approved a sweeping overhaul of how teachers are laid off in what education reformers hail as a landmark decision to keep more effective instructors…

District Management

Google awards $100 million to Eric Schmidt

January 24, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Google says it has awarded $100 million worth of equity to outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt, the Associated Press reports.

Are Android tablets vapor? Or just not here?

January 24, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Everyone seems to have proclaimed that this was the "year of the tablet" at the Consumer Electronics Show. But while I certainly saw a whole lot of tablets…

District Management

Google shake-up is effort to revive start-up spark

November 5, 2013January 21, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Google made the biggest management shake-up in a decade on Thursday, handing the reins of the company to one of its co-founders in an effort to rediscover its…

District Management

Meg Whitman joining HP board after purge

January 21, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Hewlett-Packard Co is shaking up a board criticized by many as dysfunctional, bringing in five new directors including former eBay chief Meg Whitman, as new CEO Leo Apotheker…

District Management

Pa. school district sued over truancy fines

January 21, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A federal lawsuit accuses a Pennsylvania school district of imposing excessive and illegal fines on truant children or their families, including one parent ordered to pay $27,000 and…

District Management

Tech talk podcast: Evolving relationships and privacy

January 21, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The New York Times presents a podcast by professor Sherry Turkle of M.I.T., who discusses her new book “Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less…

Teaching & Learning

Charter schools expand with public, private money

January 21, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

As cash-strapped school districts lay off teachers and close campuses, publicly funded charter schools are flourishing and altering the landscape of public education, the associated press reports.

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…

District Management

Plan offered to overhaul discipline of teachers

January 20, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Teachers accused of misconduct should have their cases decided within a speedy 100 days by a special examiner and not be cast into an interminable limbo of waiting,…

3-D means headaches to many, yet companies push on

November 5, 2013January 20, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

From Hollywood studios to Japanese TV makers, powerful business interests are betting 3-D will be the future of entertainment, despite a major drawback: It makes millions of people…

More WebOS tablet rumors: cloud storage, ‘Touchstone’ charging, shipping in March?

January 20, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Looks like the rumor floodgate has finally opened for HP/Palm's long-awaited WebOS tablet--or tablets, as the case may be. The latest word is that the new slates may…

NM teacher on leave after locking up student

January 20, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A shop teacher at a New Mexico high school has been put on paid on leave after cell phone video surfaced of her locking up a student in…

District Management

Can Apple thrive without its visionary CEO?

July 28, 2011January 19, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

If investors were as visionary as Steve Jobs has proved to be during his 35 years of tech wizardry, they ... Read more

District Management

In Florida, virtual classrooms with no teachers

July 28, 2011January 19, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

On the first day of her senior year at North Miami Beach Senior High School, Naomi Baptiste expected to be ... Read more

District Management

Pew study says internet users more social, civically engaged

July 28, 2011January 19, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

That old stereotype that internet users are isolated and anti-social is getting harder and harder to justify, ReadWriteWeb reports. In ... Read more

District Management

Movement to shrink class size falters amid budget austerity

July 28, 2011January 19, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

In several states, small classes are becoming a casualty of the recession, ending roughly two decades of shrinking classroom size, ... Read more

2 charged with stealing iPad users’ information

July 28, 2011January 19, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Two men who authorities say were competing to impress their fellow hackers were arrested Jan. 18 on federal charges they ... Read more

Toxic chemical threatens safety of students, teachers at NYC public school

January 18, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Last night's snowstorm may not have closed down New York City public schools, but most of the kids at P.S. 36 in Staten Island will be kept home…

How much do college students learn, and study?

January 18, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

While The Choice tends to focus on the process of applying to college, we also consider it within our mission to ask how much learning and studying students…

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