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Universities Going On .XXX Domain Shopping Spree

12:17AM November 15, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Yes, universities are snapping up .XXX Domains left and right. But no, they’re not aspiring to be future AVN award winners. Instead, schools like Missouri and Washington University are buying up domains like missouri.xxx and washu.xxx to protect their names. More »

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School To Change Its Name To Steve Jobs

2:20AM November 9, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Move on Lenin. Steve Jobs is in town. The town of Plovdiv, the second largest city of Bulgaria. There, kids want to change the name of their technical school from Vladimir Ilyich Lenin to Steve Jobs. More »

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There Is Such A Thing As Jet Pack School

2:16AM November 4, 2011 | Casey Chan

Eric Scott aka Rocketman is probably the best Jet Pack pilot the world has. He’s flown over canyons, performed in airshows and holds the record for fastest speed on a Jet Pack. So with that gift, he’s now teaching people how to fly in his Jet Pack school. More »

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Experts Debate The Schools Of 2021

10:00PM September 5, 2011 | Jack Loftus

What will school work be like in 10 years? New York Times, do you have an answer? What’s that? You spoke with a bunch of experts and educators and asked them that very same question? More »

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Teachers Sue Over Absurd Facebook Law

11:11PM August 22, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

Missouri teachers really want to hang out with their students online. In fact, they’ve just filed a lawsuit for the right to do so in response to newly inked state law that seeks to prohibit student-teacher interfriendship. More »

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Judge Rules Students Can Legally Slut It Up On MySpace

11:40PM August 12, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

If a student chooses to represent his/herself as a whorebag, that’s no business of their school, a federal judge has decided. This follows two teenage girls who posted slutty photos on MySpace and were dealt with aggressively by their school. More »

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EU Committee Wants To Ban Everything Wireless In Schools

6:14AM May 25, 2011 | Michael Zhao

A new EU proposal entitled The potential dangers of electromagnetic fields and their effect on the environment seeks to ban all wireless transmitting and receiving devices near and in schools. That means mobile phones, wireless phones, and worst of all, Wi-Fi. More »

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Sleepy Students Will Get Automated Wakeup Calls From School

11:40AM May 17, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Among the things that could have possibly made high school more annoying, getting a robo-call telling me to wake up at 6.30am would probably be high on the list! That or having the principal pour water on my face. More »

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Schools Tracking Kids With Calorie-Hunting Cameras

8:20AM May 17, 2011 | Sam Biddle

American public schools are known for having some pretty terrible food. High in fat and sugar, low in most other things. This leads to childhood obesity. Not good. So some Texas cafeterias are taking a high-tech approach to health. More »

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Twitter Now An Acceptable Replacement For Raising Hand In Class

1:00AM May 14, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Twitter is a good thing as long as it allows us to do things we couldn’t do without it. Such as: organising democratic change in the Middle East! But Twitter is really sad when it’s used as a classroom crutch. More »