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Cupertino High School gives struggling students Palms. East Side Union High School District is working to get laptops for all 24,000 of its students. By Katherine Corcoran Mercury News Across the nation, schools are taking…

HELENA — Forty-two of every 1,000 Montana high school students, and five of every 1,000 junior high students, dropped out of school dur ing the 2000-2001 school year, a new report from the Office of…

Montana State University wasn’t Zeb Barber’s first choice of colleges, but now he’s "super glad" to be at MSU, where he loves working in a laser laboratory on cutting-edge research. By GAIL SCHONTZLER Chronicle Staff…

More than 300 participants are expected at the annual Montana Wyoming Indian Education Association Conference next weekend at the Great Falls Heritage Inn. By PETER JOHNSON Tribune Staff Writer The 20th MWIEA conference, scheduled for…

Ketcham Elementary School in Southeast Washington this week became the first of more than 160 D.C. public schools and libraries that will be equipped with free high-speed Internet service. By Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post Staff…

Teams of would-be entrepreneurs will converge on the Boise State University campus and Boise Depot May 1 to 3 for what organizers expect to be the first annual Northwest Venture Championship — a student competition…

Foundation gives more than $40 million to enable students to graduate with high school diploma and associate’s degree Contact: Carol Rava Treat Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: 206.709.3400, E-mail: [email protected] NEW YORK – To…

E. Helena gets futuristic classroom. The classroom of the future might look something like Mike Agostinelli’s sixth grade social studies class at East Valley Middle School. By LAURA TODE, IR Staff Writer – For the…

Two prominent foundations have declared that the world needs to set new standards for what it means to be literate in the 21st century. By Cara Branigan, Assistant Editor, eSchool News “For the first time…

If most high school students ever get to see the Horsehead Nebula, it’s by looking at a book, or a slide in science class. From eSchool News staff and wire service reports But thanks to…