Education articles

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  Article

  Codecademy teaches users to work with APIs from YouTube, NPR and more

  By Ben Popper on January 9, 2013 12:00 pm + 8 comments

  Since it launched last year, New York startup Codecademy has helped to fill the huge demand for Continue reading…

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  Article

  Texas student loses lawsuit over school orders to wear RFID bracelet

  By Amar Toor on January 8, 2013 09:03 pm + 101 comments

  After being suspended for refusing to wear an RFID bracelet that would've allowed her school to Continue reading…

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  Video

  OLPC 7-inch Android tablet hands-on video

  on January 8, 2013 04:04 pm

  Aaron Souppouris goes hands-on with OLPC's 7-inch Android Tablet. Continue reading…

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  Article

  Textbooks at CES highlight the changing education industry

  By Tim Carmody on January 8, 2013 10:58 am + 13 comments

  What is textbook publisher McGraw-Hill Education doing at the Consumer Electronics Show? Demoing the Continue reading…

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  Article

  OKCupid tech will power match-ups between teachers and students on Tutor.com

  By Kimber Streams on January 7, 2013 02:57 pm + 12 comments

  IAC — the company that owns connection-based sites including Match.com, OKCupid, and HomeAdvisor Continue reading…

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  Article

  Adafruit web series uses puppets to teach kids about engineering

  By Amar Toor on December 27, 2012 04:40 pm + 9 comments

  Adafruit wants to inspire the engineers of tomorrow, and it's enlisting a group of puppets to help Continue reading…

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  Neverware hopes to save cash-strapped schools millions by making old PCs run like new

  By Ben Popper on December 11, 2012 11:15 am + 212 comments

  Robert Hornik has seen a lot in his two decades as a teacher at the East New York Family Academy in Continue reading…

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  Article

  US 8th graders fail to score in global top 10 for math and science

  By Ben Kersey on December 11, 2012 08:20 am + 265 comments

  Results from the 2011 Trends in International Maths and Science Study show that the United States is Continue reading…

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  Article

  Map out the 1940 Axis attack on London with the Bomb Sight project

  By Kimber Streams on December 10, 2012 03:56 pm + 21 comments

  Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have created a staggering online database cataloging Continue reading…

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  Article

  How Stanford plans to teach the world with open-source online classes

  By Justin Rubio on November 6, 2012 11:18 am + 12 comments

  Online classes are nothing new, but the University of Western Australia wants to take the technology Continue reading…