News Briefs
Several teachers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., school district face discipline for posting images and material on the social-networking site Facebook that school leaders find objectionable, including one teacher who wrote, “I hate my students!”
November 17, 2008
A new study suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teenagers who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior compared with those who have tamer viewing tastes.
November 10, 2008
Students in a rural Arkansas district have found a way to put their long bus rides to good use: work on math and science enrichment.
October 7, 2008
Technology has greatly improved the quality of life in areas such as education, health care, energy, transportation, and the environment, says a report released by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
October 7, 2008
Calculators’ effectiveness in mathematics classes, long a source of debate, depends in large measure on students’ pre-existing knowledge of basic math, a recent study found.
October 7, 2008
The U.S. Senate last week approved a bill aimed at protecting children when they surf the Internet.
October 7, 2008
Many schools and districts are using computer-based testing for local assessments, but employing computers for statewide testing has proven to be difficult.
November 17, 2008
"The uneven quality of first-generation digital learning sometimes leaves an impression more of hokum than of transformation. But the second generation will not," says Andy Hoffman.
November 17, 2008
Noted Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner is leading a team studying the social and ethical norms of young people on the Web.
November 14, 2008
Media experts have drafted guidelines to help teachers and students grasp the legal issues they say have unnecessarily restricted the use of online resources.
November 11, 2008
Companies selling services to protect children and teenagers from sexual predators on the Internet have enlisted the help of schools and teachers to verify students’ personal information.
November 11, 2008
Business and higher education leaders are pleading with schools to teach "21st-century skills," but figuring out whether the skills have been taught well won’t be easy or cheap, a new paper warns.
November 10, 2008
Educators see benefits in having access to technologies developed for the military long before they reach the commercial market.
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November 6, 2008
Experts say shifts in other industries foreshadow similar changes that are likely to happen in education.
October 28, 2008
Updated: November 21, 2008
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