Schools 'failing to tap e-cash'
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Millions of pounds set aside by the UK government for e-learning is not being spent, say experts.
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Ministers press IT firms to bring down costs but parents of school students will have to contribute
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Poorer children are not more likely to take up a school place allocated through a  lottery, researchers say.
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A GOVERNMENT taskforce is being created to ensure all schoolchildren are given access to computers at home. The scheme will target 1m youngsters who currently do not have computers to use for homework, in a bid by the Department for Education to close the "digital divide".
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Millions of customers have been stuck without cash after their bank cards stopped working in cash machines.
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ROME  - Rome's school system is going digital.  Rome City Schools are switching to a finger-scanning system that lets students pay for meals with a touch.  In the past, students had personal identification numbers that accessed spending accounts.
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.
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A Â£45bn scheme to modernise England's secondary schools has fallen further behind target.
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Heads say England's school funding means pupils in disadvantaged areas are missing out.
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By Talia Buford; Journal Staff Writer  WEST WARWICK - When it comes to school fundraising these days, apparently, a bake sale just won't do.
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By Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Dec. 8--Parents might want to pick up the phone instead of e-mailing  Susie's teacher about that late homework.   A nationwide surge in holiday junk e-mail means many legitimate messages  to Kentucky schools are getting held up in cyberspace.
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Having students apply to university after A-level results will not solve the problems it sets out to tackle, administrators warn.
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An Ofsted study of children's first years of learning shows weaknesses in literacy and calculation.
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NEARLY nine out of ten teachers in Birmingham feel pupils who do not have internet access at home are missing out in the classroom.   The findings are revealed in a survey carried out by YouGov on behalf of broadband provider ntl:Telewest.
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Schools will still face a teaching shortfall when new figures are announced, a teachers' group says.
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Data laws blamed for communication failure after education prizes worth Â£12m go unclaimed
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Almost a third of UK children have not had lessons on how to use the internet safely, a report suggests.