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  Harvard and MIT try to build a higher education in the cloud

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on May 13, 2013 02:57 pm + 11 comments

  Harvard and MIT are among a group of universities planning to spend tens of millions of dollars on Continue reading…

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  Cooper Union, one of the last free colleges in America, will begin charging undergrads

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 23, 2013 09:00 pm + 19 comments

  Cooper Union is one of the last schools in the US to offer a university education tuition-free, but Continue reading…

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  European schools have twice as many PCs as in 2006, but 20 percent of students still lack access

  By Vlad Savov on April 19, 2013 07:10 am + 27 comments

  The European Commission has conducted its latest survey of ICT equipment in schools and found some Continue reading…

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  New US science education plan includes evolution and climate change

  By Carl Franzen on April 9, 2013 08:04 pm + 175 comments

  Public elementary and high school classes across the US should be teaching students about evolution, Continue reading…

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  Google engineer says Vietnam's 11th graders could pass a Mountain View interview

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 21, 2013 09:42 am + 80 comments

  Many countries have been quick to emphasize education for skills like programming, while students in Continue reading…

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  The anti-Creationism: will schools in the US embrace new pro-science curriculum?

  By Carl Franzen on March 8, 2013 12:00 pm + 979 comments

  Baking soda volcanoes just aren't cutting it anymore. American public school students in science Continue reading…

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  Microsoft backs privacy bill in effort to keep Google Apps out of the classroom

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 7, 2013 03:08 am + 306 comments

  In the ongoing battle between Microsoft and Google over the market for office software, Continue reading…

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  News Corp. unveils Amplify tablet for use in classrooms

  By Amar Toor on March 6, 2013 03:32 am + 33 comments

  Amplify, an educational unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, made a surprising announcement Continue reading…

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  Apple updates education-only iMac with 3.3GHz Core i3 processor, priced at $1,099

  By Chris Welch on March 5, 2013 05:50 pm + 61 comments

  Apple has quietly released a fresh revision of its low-end iMac model aimed at education Continue reading…

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  Online education wins big as TED awards $1 million to pioneer Sugata Mitra

  By Adi Robertson on February 27, 2013 12:10 pm + 11 comments

  "Big ideas" conference TED has awarded its 2013 prize to Sugata Mitra, a longtime educational expert Continue reading…