School articles

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  New California laws will provide free digital textbooks to university students

  By Andrew Webster on September 30, 2012 11:58 pm + 85 comments

  The Obama administration has said that it wants all students using digital textbooks within five Continue reading…

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  Back to School: the other tech essentials

  By David Pierce on August 31, 2012 09:20 am + 54 comments

  So you've bought the perfect laptop. The perfect cellphone. The perfect tablet. You've filled Continue reading…

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  Watch this: kids from 1995 convince you to get on the internet

  By Sam Byford on August 15, 2012 07:03 am + 53 comments

  Back in the early-to-mid 90s a lot of people remained unconvinced by the internet's potential — Continue reading…

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  Back to School: the best laptop for every budget

  By David Pierce on August 13, 2012 03:25 pm + 246 comments

  There's no more important thing you'll buy for school than a laptop. Whether you're doing Continue reading…

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  Bill Gates: tablets in the classroom have a 'terrible track record'

  By Sam Byford on June 27, 2012 05:29 am + 102 comments

  Among other things, Apple's iBooks 2 initiative is designed to put modern digital textbooks into Continue reading…

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  UK council reverses ban decision, will allow nine-year-old girl to blog about her school meals

  By Vlad Savov on June 15, 2012 09:14 am + 52 comments

  In a triumph of common sense over excessive regulation, the Scottish council that this week decided Continue reading…

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  UK council cracks down on nine-year-old's food blog (update)

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 15, 2012 07:02 am + 104 comments

  A month and a half ago, a nine-year-old schoolgirl called Martha began blogging photos of the food Continue reading…

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  San Antonio school district to trial student RFID attendance system

  By Dante D'Orazio on May 28, 2012 01:27 am + 37 comments

  The idea of tracking students using RFID tags is hardly a new concept — such a program was Continue reading…

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  One Laptop per Child program not improving math or language test scores, according to study

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 7, 2012 10:17 pm + 64 comments

  The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program started shipping its affordable and durable computers to Continue reading…

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  The Minerva Project wants to bring Harvard-level education online in 2014

  By Andrew Webster on April 4, 2012 10:02 am + 23 comments

  Online universities aren't exactly new, but an upcoming school called the Minerva Project isn't just Continue reading…