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Closing schools might not stop flu transmission
Students aren't the only ones staying home as swine flu spreads through schools across the country. Parents are nursing their ailing kids while trying not to get sick themselves--and the…
Advice for schools on swine flu
President Barack Obama on April 29 said schools should close temporarily if any students have confirmed or suspected cases of swine flu. He was reiterating guidance from the federal Centers…
Colleges are checking out applicants’ social networking posts
A new report indicates that colleges' admission or scholarship decisions are being influenced by what they find about applicants online, reports the Los Angeles Times. …
Georgia schools scamper to join legions on Twitter
Twitter, the latest rage in free social networking, is being used by celebrities, CEOs, soccer moms, and now even tech-savvy school districts to keep the public informed about important, and…
NCAA football coaches employ Twitter as new recruiting tool
Twitter.com has grown by 1,382 percent from February 2008 to February 2009, resulting in an increase of about 6.56 million new unique visitors during that time frame. Now several athletic…
Talk to kids about sexting, Burlington officials say
If your child has a cell phone, then it's time for the "talk" -- that is, the talk about the dangers of sexting. That was the message that the county…
India buys 250,000 low-cost laptops from OLPC
India has purchased 250,000 XO laptops from the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child project, a move that boosts the initiative and could help the deflating effort get back on its…
More books coming to students with disabilities
Students with disabilities often wait weeks or months for their textbooks to be specially formatted, but now a new higher-education partnership could make these books more widely available to students…
More books coming to students with disabilities
Students with disabilities often wait weeks or months for their textbooks to be specially formatted, but now a new higher-education partnership could make these books more widely available to students…
Obama warns of more school closings
As worries of a possible pandemic intensified April 29 amid reports of the first death in the United States from swine flu, President Obama said school leaders should consider closing…