A teacher in Austin, Texas has lashed out against the open-source Linux operating system, punishing one of her students for demonstrating and handing out copies of the HeliOS Linux distribution and writing an email to the distributor claiming the software may be illegal.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials have warned employees they could be fired if they make offensive posts on social networking sites such as Facebook.

The Charlotte Observer reports school officials sent a memo to more than 19,000 school employees Tuesday.

An elementary teacher was suspended last week and recommended for firing after she posted on her Facebook page that she was teaching "in the ghetto of Charlotte." Four other teachers faced milder penalties for pages that showed "poor judgment and bad taste."

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The incident arose one day in May, when a 5-year-old student in the process of being diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome was referred twice to the principal for discipline problems. Portillo then allegedly asked the class to vote whether the boy, Alex, should stay in the class. He lost the vote 14-to-2. The teacher's attorney said she will contest the suspension. The boy's mother, Melissa Barton, said she should be fired.

A move to eliminate automatic cost-of-living increases for retired educators was quickly shot down Wednesday by the Teacher Retirement System Board. The unanimous defeat of Gov. Sonny Perdue’s plan to end the automatic raises provided fresh evidence that taking on teachers and retired educators is usually a losing bet for Georgia politicians. Six years ago, the state’s 100,000 teachers helped oust Gov. Roy Barnes after educators said he showed disrespect for their profession.

This conference, which will provide the latest information on asynchronous learning programs, processes, packages, and protocols, is geared to both experienced professionals and interested newcomers to online learning.

Discover new innovations in higher-education classroom response system technology at this first-ever conference, which features two expert keynote speakers and 16 concurrent sessions covering 4 academic tracks.

We hope to see you next year at the 2009 NEA Higher Education Conference in Portland, OR on March 27-29, 2009.

Today's students require skills beyond basic math, reading and science. Your curriculum also needs to include project and information management, problem solving and advanced communication skills. Schools have to take on these new needs and begin "Solving Tomorrow’s Challenges: Educating for 21st Century Skills."

A professional development conference for prospective education majors, current education majors and practicing teachers. This year's keynote speaker is Ron Daise.

Teachers, principals, and students tell us how and why they use Google Docs in their schools.

The salary of over 35,000 religious school teachers will see an increase under a proposal that will be submitted to the Government when the economy improves. Announcing a suggestion to increase the salary, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.

It was a typical photo shoot: Hair and makeup assistants picked lint off clothing, coerced errant strands of hair into place and applied fresh facial powder while cameras flashed on the all-white set.

The government move to disclose the number of unionized teachers is being welcomed by many parents but inviting resistance from the progressive union of teachers. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced a new regulation requiring schools to disclose the number of teachers belonging to associations and the group's names.

A system of continuous professional development for teachers is essential according to business group IBEC. The organisation's annual education conference in Dublin today was told by IBEC Director of Policy Danny McCoy that such a system would reinforce the prestige and attractiveness of the profession.

The start of today's school board election proved successful across Faulkner County as more residents than expected showed up to cast a ballot during the morning hours. In Greenbrier, where Jason Squires and Ken Rasure are vying against incumbent George Roberts Jr. for his Position 4 seat on the Greenbrier School District's Board of Education, the total was nearing 100 by 9:45 a.m.