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Rare and ancient written works go online
National libraries from more than a dozen countries, in coordination with the United Nations' education agency, put some of humanity's earliest written works online April 21 with their launch of…
Hundreds sick at NYC school hit by virus
The global swine flu outbreak worsened April 28 as authorities said hundreds of students at a New York school have fallen ill and federal officials confirmed the first U.S. death…
School employees clogging computers with personal eMail
The Tampa, Fla., school board is wrestling with how to set rules for employees' personal use of eMail -- a problem with no easy answers, reports the Tampa Tribune.…
Judge delays Google book settlement hearing
The federal court overseeing Google Inc.'s settlement over its book-scanning program is giving authors four more months to opt out of the deal and review its potential pitfalls, reports the…
Google Search now visualizes data with graphs
In a move that could help students, educators, and other researchers, Google searches for certain data sets now return interactive charts alongside text search results, InformationWeek reports. …
Tech clubs help students see a future filled with possibilities
Once mostly populated by engineers' children and brain-bowl participants, school technology clubs are now seeing students from disadvantaged homes sign up, reports the Orlando Sentinel. …
Without cafeteria trays, colleges cut water use … and calories
Scores of colleges and universities across the country are shelving their cafeteria trays in hopes of conserving water, cutting food waste, softening the ambience, and saving money, reports the New…
Universities mobilize against pandemic threat
University-based research that helped authorities understand avian flu in 2006 could help mitigate the spread of swine flu in the United States, and higher-education officials are crediting the Centers for…
Reading, math scores show mixed results
United States students are improving in reading across the board and in math at the lower age levels, with low-achieving students making the biggest gains. But high school math scores…
DVD copying software on trial
A federal trial now under way could decide whether educators, students, and other consumers will have legal access to technology that allows them to make backup copies of their DVDs…