Where will the next Steve Jobs come from?
We Americans like to congratulate ourselves for producing great thinkers, business leaders, artists and brain-on-fire innovators. Last week, we lost one of our very best in Steve Jobs.
Other
Oct 11, 2011
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Page 12 - News tagged with educational system
New study findings reveal US high school science standards in genetics are 'inadequate'
A new study by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the country's leading genetics scientific society, found that more than 85 percent of states have genetics standards that are inadequate for preparing America's ...
Social Sciences
Sep 1, 2011
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Special needs students and teachers are victims of 'muddled' approach to schooling -- study
Pupils with special needs and teachers in mainstream schools in the UK are often the victims of a "one size fits all" approach to schooling and education, a leading academic has claimed.
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2011
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Researchers release systems biology educational game
Researchers at the new Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have released the biomedical research organization's first digital learning game created through collaborations among scientists ...
Other
Jul 4, 2011
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Beyond '.com,' names for Antarctica, Urdu and more
(AP) -- Unless you're a Luddite, you're bound to know of ".com," the Internet's most common address suffix.
Internet
Jun 17, 2011
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A 'genius' and his robots
It was lunch hour and hundreds of Dos Pueblos High School students surged onto the bleachers at the school's outdoor Greek Theater. The crowd was cheering, the music was thumping and a student-built robot named Penguinbot ...
Engineering
May 2, 2011
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Do American consumers with low confidence in the government buy American?
When we don't feel confident about our government, we choose indirect ways of showing support, like buying U.S. based products, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2011
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Exclusions and power structures in the wake of an open higher education system
In recent decades, Swedish universities and university colleges have become the target of a range of reforms under the banner of openness and flexibility. But a thesis from the University of Gothenburg shows that the good ...
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2010
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High hopes, hard realities for India's 35-dlr computer
The Indian government won headlines around the world when it unveiled a prototype 35-dollar tablet computer in July, but questions are now growing over whether the project is just a pipe dream.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 9, 2010
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New report summarizes key themes in American doctoral education
A new report recently released by the National Science Foundation, titled "Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2009," presents a statistical overview of the U.S. doctoral education system in snapshots and long-term ...
Social Sciences
Dec 3, 2010
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