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Follow Florida's Lead: Why More States Should Switch to Digital Textbooks in Schools Now

All of Florida's public schools will switch to digital textbooks by 2015. Yes, it sounds expensive, but other states should be following suit.

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Uruguay's Schools Give Each Kid a Laptop, While America Twiddles Its Thumbs

One-to-one laptop programs in America are still novelties. In Uruguay, all elementary students have had a laptop since 2009.

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“The Modern Educator Is Not a Teacher”: Updating Learning for the 21st Century

Classrooms operate almost the same way they did 100 years ago. A group of of middle schoolers from the Dallas-Fort Worth area want to change that.

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Schools Are Helping Devastated Japanese Communities Recover

Students say that getting back to something familiar—school—helps them deal with the stress of living in shelters and having lost loved ones.

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Inquiring Minds Want to Know: The White House Fields Kids' Questions on Bin Laden

Our media-savvy White House hosted a webinar to give students a nuts-and-bolts backgrounder on 9/11, Bin Laden, and the raid.

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Eighth Grader's 9/11 Documentary Set to Screen at Tribeca Film Festival

"The Second Day" tells the first-hand story of students and teachers living and working in the area around Ground Zero.

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Beyoncé's Killing It with These "Let's Move" Videos

Check out Beyoncé's new video for the Let's Move campaign against childhood obesity. It's really fun.

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Afghan Memoir Brought to Life, with Skype, in Maine Classroom

Thanks to the free video chat service, a memoir read by seventh graders at Mt. Ararat Middle School in Maine came to life.

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Judge Gives Philly Area Students the Right to "Heart" Boobies

Two students who got in trouble last October for wearing the "I (heart) Boobies! (Keep A Breast)" bracelets are vindicated by a federal judge.

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Would a Laptop for Every Student Help? In Maine It Certainly Did

Since 2001, Maine's invested in laptops for every student. Now they're leading the world in tech education.

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Technology and Teachers: The Rise of the Hybrid School

What if tech tools could be used to provide a completely customizable education experience throughout the entire school day?

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Report Backs Up the Idea That College Shouldn't Be the Goal

You won't need a B.A. in anthropology to be an electrician or a dental hygienist.

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Should We Ease Kids Into Middle School?

Sixth grade academies are popping up to help students bridge the step up from primary school.