Our schools need better internet access, capacity
President Obama announced the ConnectED initiative last month to connect 99 percent of America's K-12 students to 1 gigabit of broadband and high-speed Wi-Fi in the next five…
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New dual-credit high school to open in Albuquerque
Gov. Susana Martinez says she wants to see more students graduate from high school and be well prepared for college or the workforce, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
More than 20,000 California teachers pink-slipped
More than 20,000 public school teachers in California opened their mailboxes over the last few days to find a pink slip inside as districts met the state's Thursday…
Deadly snakes rendered harmless (and fun!) in new education app
Kids can now get up close and personal with venomous cobras, deadly boa constrictors and poisonous adders, and it's all perfectly safe, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
Compassion in education theme of TED conference in East Bay June 11
Prospect Sierra has partnered with U.C. Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center to host a TEDx conference on the topic of compassion in education, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
Stanford to issue new medical students iPads
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that incoming medical students at Stanford University will have fewer textbooks to carry this fall after the university distributes iPads to its 91…
Google’s logo redesigned by school children
On May 18, Google announced the 40 regional finalists in its annual Doodle 4 Google competition, which challenges school children to create their own version of the Google…
Blind law student wins computer aid for bar exam
A blind law student can use computer-assisted reading devices in next month's bar exam, a federal judge has ruled, rejecting the examiners' arguments that the assistance was too…