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Universities in Canada fear the potential for abuse that could take place under the US Patriot Act, so to avoid the gaze of American investigators they have moved their RefWorks accounts to Ontario.

Google is poised to gain yet another (small) foothold in the American educational system - Georgetown University may adopt the company's Apps for Education. The college hopes to have a new e-mail system in place by next fall, so the change could take place relatively soon.

The Israeli company has a plan to capitalize on the US "No Child Left Behind" initiative by developing tablet PCs for a market that could scale up to 55 million kids in five years.

Human Resources Management Schools, colleges, and universities provide programs of study in diverse areas of human resources management.

Some private schools have taken extreme steps to quell the use of blogs and social networking sites by their students; teens just want to express themselves.

An old adage may need to be rearranged to state, "let sleeping kids lie." The latest research involving teens and sleep says that school schedules break up an important sleep routine.

Dell is providing notebook computers and technology training for students and teachers in 18 schools participating in the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) new Technology Immersion Pilot (TIP) program.

Literacy and mentoring programs, media and technology advancement, career counseling, ethics seminars and character-building initiatives are among the innovative approaches to realizing the dreams of youth that will be supported by the third annual AOL Aspirations Fund grants, announced today by America Online.