The road to Hell is paved with good intention$$? Stephanie Simon of Reuters reports: An education technology conference this week in Austin, Texas, will clang with bells and whistles as startups eagerly show off their latest wares. But the most influential new product may be the least flashy: a $100 million database built to chart…
Category: Youth & Schools
College genetics classes getting personal. What could possibly go wrong?
Ryan J. Foley of Associated Press reports: Bakir Hajdarevic didn’t have to study for the most important test in a class last fall. He just had to spit — a lot. The 19-year-old freshman at the University of Iowa took an honors seminar on personal genetics in which students had the option of sending saliva…
Teenage girl’s father launches Facebook court challenge
Another potential game-changer, reported by BBC: A Northern Ireland man has launched a legal challenge to compel Facebook to stop his teenage daughter using the site or publishing suggestive images. The social media company should be forced to do more to stop the 13-year-old girl having highly sexualised contact with men, the High Court heard….
University of Iowa halts practice of sending student information to sheriff
Well, that was fast. Less than one day after the Des Moines Register published an investigative report revealing how the University of Iowa was sharing information on students and employees with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department if they applied for a gun permit, the university has halted the practice while it seeks input from the U.S. Education…