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International Education News Round-up
(August 10-16, 2009)
College e-textbooks go to class in iPhones
(Inquirer.net 08/12/2009 AFP)
Electronic textbooks supplier CourseSmart releases free software that makes digitized forms of college textbooks available on iPhone and iPod Touch.
In a digital future, textbooks are history
(New York Times 08/13/2009)
Educators say it will not be long before textbooks are replaced by digital versions.
How predictive texting takes its toll on a child's brain
(Daily Mail 08/11/2009)
Predictive texting encourages children to behave impulsively without thinking things through, researchers say.
MPS struggling to create stable corps of principals
(EdNews.org 08/10/2009)
Milwaukee public schools struggle in finding top-notch people to lead 200 schools.
Schools helping children fight fat
(EdNews.org 08/11/2009)
Schools in Mississippi act on the growing rate of obesity among schoolchildren.
England youth drop-out rate rises
(BBC News 08/13/2009 Alison Smith)
The number of young people in England not in employment or training has risen to 935,000, with rates rising most quickly in the West Midlands, according to new reports.
Japan shines at Science Olympiads
(Yomiuri Shimbun 08/12/2009)
Japanese students won a record 10 gold medals in this year's International Science Olympiads, which saw high school and other students from around the world compete in math, physics, chemistry, biology and computer science events.
(Published 17 August 2009, Smart Communications, Inc.)
