Prospective and current graduate business students who used a web site to cheat on entrance examinations over the last five years could have their scores thrown out.

Urging schools to make eMail archiving a "critical part" of their record-keeping activities, a leading educational technology advocacy group has come out with a new resource to help school leaders understand and comply with recent changes to federal laws governing data retention.

A new section on Apple's iTunes U contains a wealth of free online content for K-12 educators.

Formative assessment throughout the school year and better training for school leaders are among the plans for turning around sub-par schools that six states will try under a pilot program this year.

Microsoft on July 2 unveiled Equipt, a subscription-based service that weaves together Office applications, Windows Live OneCare security software, and Office Live Workspace, the web-based extension of Office for sharing and storing documents, ChannelWeb reports.

A new high-tech marking system is aiming to cut down on school thefts in the Scottish city of Inverness, the Highland News reports.

A summer robotics camp at Arizona State University is getting high school students interested in computers and giving teachers the skills to teach the subject in their classrooms, the East Valley Tribune of Arizona reports.

Squeezed by high inflation, dwindling tax revenues and a national economic downturn, states from coast to coast have struggled to close yawning budget gaps while bracing for another difficult fiscal year, reports The New York Times.

Still smarting from a failed attempt to buy Yahoo!, Microsoft is trying another tactic to gain on Google in web search, says Business Week.