One Laptop Per Child Program Embraces Windows XP
One Laptop Per Child (OLCP) program has teamed up with Microsoft Corporation to make Windows XP available on its machines. The new innovative machines are designed to be used in harsh and remote environments and are set to be distributed to school children mainly to those who reside in developing countries. BBC News reports that the ...
Activist Micheal Rossman Died
Organizer of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkley, Michael Rossman, died aged 68 at his home in Berkley on 12 May. Rossman is better known to the whole world for his books on politics, society and education. Rossman was a graduate student at University of California, Berkley, when the Free Speech Movement ...
Children's Use Of Anti-Psychotic Drugs Up In US
The number of school children who use anti-psychotic drugs in UK and US schools has increased over the years. However, according to a new comparison based on a UK study, American children take anti-psychotic medicines at about six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom. Experts in the field claim that among the anti-psychotic ...
West Virgina Faculty Calls For President's Resignation
The academic staff at the West Virginia University has demanded its president Mike Garrison to resign for awarding a degree to Gov. Joe Manchin III's daughter, which she didn't earn. Garrison was already asked to resign less than a week ago. The New York Times reports that the non binding resolution was approved by 565 to ...
Teach For America Gets Popularity
Teach for America program, a program that recruits college graduates to teach in American public schools, has experienced a tremendous growth and will place more than 3,700 new teachers this year. According to the figures released, more than 24,000 seniors applied for the program this year. Teach for America is a nonprofit program, which was founded ...
Small L.A. Unified Campus Shows Great Achievements
The Los Angeles Unified School District has produced some of the biggest academic gains in the district this year. The school scored a 638 on the most recent state Academic Performance Index, which measures schools and districts on student test scores in math, English and other subjects, while the State's target was 800. The Los Angeles ...
Los Angeles Locke High School Struggles Against Violence
A fight between two gangs -- Black and Hispanic -- escalated into a campus wide brawl involving around 600 students at Los Angeles Locke high school this week. The fight quickly spread throughout the campus and it was difficult for the police to distinguish between those fighting and those trying to avoid the mayhem. The New ...
Our Lady Of The Lake University Hit By Fire
Our Lady of the Lake University, a Roman Catholic university in Texas, which was originally a high school founded in 1895, was hit by fire yesterday. The two main spires atop the Main Building collapsed during the fire which also damaged the Gothic-style Main Building that serves its administrators and staff. The New York Times reports ...
