Curriculum to be 'More Flexible'

"England's secondary curriculum is being overhauled to give teachers more flexibility in the classroom whilst focusing on the basics, ministers say. A quarter of the school day is to be freed up so that teachers can focus more on individual students' needs. But more subjects...

Schools turns back on 40 HIV kids

Forty HIV positive children from Sangli, Western India, were denied to enter the school due to the objections of other children's parents. "I know I'm going to die soon but before I breathe my last I want to enter a classroom and sit with boys and girls of my age. I want to...

Substitute Teacher Vindicated over Malware

Julie Amero, the substitute teacher  convicted in a case of a porn-infected computer, has found justice, it would seem. This case has highlighted the fact that, whilst techie ignorance is still a point of pride for some, it has no place in the courtroom, particularly...

A MySpace for Schools

As usual, education administrators are finally seeing potential in a "newfangled" tech toy even as it begins to dip in coolness. A UK company has developed a social networking tool similar to MySpace and Facebook, and schools are slowly but surely adopting it. "Some schools...

VT massacre generates international decry of US gun culture

Around the world there has been a decry of the U.S. gun culture. This is as as result of the deadly university rampage in Virginia yesterday 16th April, that claimed 33 lives. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the shooting underscored the problems of a...

Screenplay written by VT gunman shows diseased mind

Virginia Tech massacre gunman, 23-year-old-Cho Seung-Hui was an English major whose creative writings raised concerns. Recently a former to classmate Cho, brought to public one of his writings-a screenplay titled "Richard McBeef"-and this offered a glimpse...

A Normal Morning That Became National News

First off I would like to think everybody for his or her thoughts and prayers. With all of the questions that are left to be answered I hope to shed some light on the event that has taken place. My morning started off when my alarm clock went off at 9:15. I got out of bed,...

Virginia Tech death toll rises to 22

The gunman who opened fire on monday in a dorm and classroom has been killed. He killed 21 people before he was shot dead. The shooting began at about 7:15 a.m. at West Ambler Johnston, a co-ed residence hall that houses 895 people, and lasted for about two hours....

At USF, iPods are portable classrooms

"Technology is revolutionizing education - computers in the classroom, distance learning collapsing geographical boundaries, teachers sharing information and resources - and the launch of the University of South Florida’s iTunesU last Monday rests USF on the cutting...