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FASI NEWZ, YouTube • Thu 2016 May 5, 2:58pm

Charlie Dahu could not believe his 7-year-old daughter, Rosabella, was able to use a note with no parent signature and misspelled words to leave school on Monday…

Today's teachers: dumber than 2nd graders?

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Charles Oliver / Reason • Sat 2014 Jun 28, 8:46pm

Andrew Lampart found he couldn't access the National Rifle Association's website while on campus at Connecticut's Nonnewaug High School. But he could go to pro-gun control sites just fine. Investigating further, he found the state Republican Party's website was blocked, but not that of the Democratic Party. Anti-abortion websites were blocked, but not those of pro-choice groups. Christian websites, including that of the Vatican, were blocked, but not Islamic websites.

Rob Nail, CEO Singularity University, at VentureBeat • Sat 2012 Jun 30, 6:39pm
If you aren’t convinced of the enormous potential technology can play in transforming education, be sure to watch Nicholas Negroponte’s ”One Tablet Per Child Project.” Earlier this year, he airdropped tablets into two remote villages in Ethiopia whose people are essentially illiterate. These were new tablets in boxes, loaded with education apps and powered by solar panels — and without any sort of instructions. In the first two weeks of this two-year experiment, over 57 of the apps were being used on a daily basis, and many of the children were reciting and competing over their knowledge of the alphabet. If this doesn’t convince you of the power and potential of these new platforms and applications, hand a 2-year-old your iPad and watch what happens. The gestural interface of tablets nurtures a child’s natural curiosity and learning capacity.
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Robert Tracinski, Real Clear Markets • Sun 2012 Jun 3, 2:00pm
Let's put it this way: if you can build a $100 billion company by using the Internet to replace the college yearbook--imagine what you can do if you use the Internet to replace college. That's what is just beginning to happen. It all became official when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology appointed as its new president the guy who is responsible for MITx, the school's free online education program.
Ira Kantor, Boston Herald • Thu 2012 May 10, 10:42am
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced a new transformational partnership in online education today called EdX, which the two institutions will collaborate on to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build an online learning global community.
abclocal.go.com • Sun 2009 Mar 22, 9:10pm

FAYETTEVILLE — At the start of every school day, administrators at Fayetteville Christian School will impound every student's cell phone beginning Tuesday. A local newspaper reports the policy came to fruition after teachers caught students texting test answers twice this year

thesmokinggun.com • Wed 2009 Feb 18, 8:15pm

A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl who refused to stop texting during a high school math class was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct,