Looking to produce their next generation of employees (and customers), technology giants such as Cisco Systems, Intel, and Microsoft are setting their sights beyond just the United States…
An Australian educator's decision to let students use cell phones and the internet during exams has prompted a global dialog about the nature of 21st-century assessment--and whether the…
College officials nationwide are concerned about the number of recent high school graduates in need of remedial math courses, and some schools have turned to online programs that…
In art, as in life at large, technology has changed everything -- or, more precisely, almost everything. In art classes at schools and universities today, new and emerging…
Some of the biggest players in the technology industry complain that the U.S. patent system is broken, putting too many patents of dubious merit in the hands of…
This fall, school libraries across the country will be working to implement new standards for learning in the 21st century--but many will be doing so with fewer resources…
New studies by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Public Library Association (PLA) find that America's public libraries are serving more people online, including students. But as…
The higher-education law signed by President Bush last month demands that colleges authenticate test takers in online courses through the use of sophisticated identification technology or with exam…
Educational technology stakeholders favor Barack Obama over John McCain in the 2008 presidential race, 58 percent to 37 percent, according to an informal eSchool News survey. Though unscientific,…