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Just where is Zuckerberg’s $100M gift going?


February 2, 2012 by Jake Simms

Did you hear about how political cronies were being paid with some of Mark Zuckerberg’s $148 million gift for Newark’s public schools?

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Oops, spell check isn’t perfect: Here’s more proof


January 31, 2012 by Claire Knight

You’d think everyone knows that spell check is one of the most basic — and overused — tech tools out there.

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This school knows when kids aren’t exercising


January 24, 2012 by Jake Simms

No one finds more creative uses for technology than the Nanny State! The latest example:

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Supreme Court declines to hear online speech cases


January 22, 2012 by Claire Knight

Bad news: The U.S. Supreme Court has, yet again, declined to hear cases regarding online, off-campus speech.

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Online ed mandates may face an obstacle


January 18, 2012 by Jake Simms

Some states may be pushing down on the high-tech accelerator a tad too hard.

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School board member: ‘I’m not ashamed of what I did’


January 12, 2012 by Claire Knight

Question is, does the proposed punishment fit the crime? 

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Yet another settlement in school webcam debacle


January 9, 2012 by Claire Knight

Here’s proof that mistakes can come back to bite you … again … and again … and yet again: 

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The webcam episode that won’t go away


December 22, 2011 by Jake Simms

A Pennsylvania student is suing her school district for spying on her via a laptop webcam – wait a minute! Didn’t you hear about this last year? 

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This school gets with the fracking program


December 13, 2011 by Jake Simms

At least one university is addressing the huge need for skilled laborers in hydraulic fracturing (AKA fracking):

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Want to keep your teaching license? Don’t do this


December 5, 2011 by Claire Knight

Teachers who commit this tech gaffe aren’t just risking their jobs — they can also lose their license, under a new law.

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