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Florida introduces web-based reading aid
The Florida Department of Education on April 27 unveiled a new reading assessment program intended to use web-based technology to quickly identify a student's strengths and weaknesses in…
Va. tests video games as teaching tool
Virginia reportedly has become the first state to implement a pilot program using Tabula Digita's DimensionM video games to help boost student test scores in mathematics and motivate…
Digital lessons soon could replace books in West Virginia
According to the state's top education official, West Virginia public schools within a few years might switch from hardbound textbooks to digital lessons carried around by students on…
Maryland teen builds mineral-oil cooled computer
When Brandon Glorioso told his teachers he was going to build a computer inside a fish tank filled with liquid, some of them said it would never work.…
Swine flu fears close schools in three states
Esti Lamonaca's illness started with a high fever, a cough, and achy bones, just a couple of days after she returned from a spring break trip on the…
B-&-W printing goes green with soy toner
Every time computer users print out pages on a laser printer, they are using toner made from petroleum-based products. Now, there's a greener choice that shows promise: a…
House passes K-12 bill that allocates $13.7 billion, keeps funding steady
The Minnesota House approved a plan Thursday that keeps school funding stagnant over the next two years but pledges to infuse billions of dollars of new money into…
Candidates agree on preschool funding
Four years after Gov. Timothy M. Kaine made the promise of free preschool to all Virginia 4-year-olds a centerpiece of his campaign, the three men competing for the…
San Diego schools sell first U.S. tax credit debt
Reuters reports that California's San Diego school system on Tuesday sold the nation's first new bonds that pay investors a tax credit but no interest, one of its…
Demand for charter schools is high, seats are few
The waiting lists for charter schools, already notoriously long, look like they are about to get longer. President Barack Obama and Arne Duncan, his new education secretary, are…
Court debates strip search of student
The United States Supreme Court spent an hour on Tuesday debating what middle school students are apt to put in their underwear and what should be done about…
Feds, tech giants team up to protect kids online
The Department of Homeland Security and several tech giants are teaming up to launch a nationwide volunteer program that will put tech pros in K-12 classrooms to make…
Technology conference focuses on how to empower children
Do your students really know how to use Google? That was one of many questions presented to educators at this year's 23rd annual Technology and Innovation in Education…
Student film documents Holocaust memories
The Holocaust. Even now, the images make you want to turn away: the emaciated bodies in the concentration camps; the black-and-white footage of a frothing Adolph Hitler; a…
My students. My cell phone. My ordeal.
The Channel 4 Newsbreak was meant to shock: "High school assistant principal in Loudoun County arrested for child pornography," announced the anchor. "Details following the Olympics." "That was…
Software that guards virtual playgrounds
Moderators are increasingly relying on smart software to flag suspicious activity on virtual-world web sites aimed at children, reports the New York Times.
Nude photos cost cheerleading coach her job
Carlie Christine might have been Playboy's Cyber Girl of the Week in February, but she's no longer the cheerleading coach of Casa Roble High School in Orangevale, Calif.,…
If a teacher had designed Twitter
If a teacher had designed Twitter, it would have looked like Edmodo, writes ZDNet blogger Christopher Dawson, technology director for the Athol-Royalston School District in northern Massachusetts.
Agriculture classes prepare kids for science, technology jobs
The latest TV commercial for the 4-H Clubs of America shows a young man named Ryan standing in a field on a farm. It doesn't talk about Ryan…
Survey: Half of Maine high schools back laptops
Nearly half of Maine high schools would likely participate in an expansion of the state's laptop initiative, but another 42 percent are on the fence and 11 percent…
Texas lawmakers mull stripping education board of authority over curriculum
Four Texas state senators, fed up with curriculum and textbook battles at the State Board of Education, pitched legislation April 14 that would strip the board of its…
Survey shows barriers to Web 2.0 in schools
Teachers and students are largely driving the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in schools, but human and technological barriers are holding back the use of these as learning…
Fifth-graders may face charges for showing classmates internet porn
Two American Fork boys could face charges after accessing pornography on a school computer and showing it to classmates, reports the Daily Herald of Provo, Utah.
10 years later, the real story behind Columbine
A decade after Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold made Columbine a synonym for rage, new information indicates that much of what the public has been told about the…
School stimulus money is ‘falling off the truck’
Educators across the country are counting on a federal stimulus windfall to prevent teacher layoffs and improve schools. But while Washington is giving, some state and local governments…
‘Sexting’ legislation proposed to protect teens
Warren County, Ohio, Prosecutor Rachel Hutzel said advances in technology have surpassed laws that were written to protect juveniles. That's why two Warren County state legislators, along with…
Idaho panel OKs bill to expand online courses
The Idaho state legislature's House Education Committee has advanced a measure allowing traditional public schools to contract with private companies that offer online education courses, reports the Idaho…
Wyoming gets stimulus funds for cleaner school bus emissions
Wyoming's school bus passengers will breathe a little easier thanks to a $1.73 million grant from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to clean up diesel emissions, reports…
Judge: Education is not a right
South Dakota students aren't guaranteed a high-quality education, a circuit judge ruled April 8, in declaring that the way the state pays for education does not violate the…
Cell phones get top marks in class
Cell phones, considered a nuisance or worse in many schools, are welcome at Mary Passage Middle School in Virginia, reports WTKR: At least eight teachers are using them…
Virginia using iTunes for educational offerings
Virginia is joining the ranks of U.S. states that offer educational content through Apple's iTunes Store, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
U.K. educators: School Wi-Fi networks should be stopped
A major teachers union in the United Kingdom says the use of wireless internet access in schools should be suspended amid claims that children might be exposed to…
Schools eye stim funds for energy efficiency
The $787 billion economic stimulus package contains billions of dollars to help make school buildings more energy efficient--upgrades that could save individual schools thousands of dollars in operating…
O’Connor touts civics lessons via online games
Former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor didn't get a computer until she was in her 40s, and she doesn't have a Facebook or Twitter account. But using…
Report envisions shortage of teachers as retirements escalate
Over the next four years, more than a third of the nation's 3.2 million teachers could retire, depriving classrooms of experienced instructors, reports the New York Times.
Panel: Don’t expand virtual charter school enrollment
A day after Arkansas' legislative Joint Budget Committee recommended raising the cap on enrollment at the state's virtual charter school to 1,000, the panel endorsed an amendment to…
School officials use Facebook to monitor students
As high school students flock to social networking sites, campus police are scanning their Facebook and MySpace pages for tips to help break up fights, monitor gangs, and…
Technology puts geography at students’ fingertips
After winning his way into the final round of the National Geographic Geography Bee at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology on April 3, eighth-grade student…
Columbine 10 years later: Lessons learned
