Beginning this summer, 4,000 computers will be installed in the county's middle schools and high schools under the technology refresh program, at a cost of $3.4 million.

But computers have become easier to use, less expensive and ubiquitous in everyday life. And public schools are increasingly seeing the benefits of bits and bytes.

Here, school technology leaders from around the country share reasons why you might want to keep at least some desktop computers around. 1) Processor Power. Schools that offer classes in video editing ...

Outside, the northwest suburban elementary school looks like hundreds of others built in the boom years of the 1950s: a low-slung brick building with a parking lot on one side and playground on the… ...

John Bryce is all too aware that the computers in his classroom at Maurice J. McDonough High School in Southern Maryland can be used for more than just learning how to program. So he draws a hard ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. High school dropout Sergey Brin has a few ideas on how the ...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) looked at computer use among 15-year-olds across 31 nations and regions, and found that students who used computers more at school had ...

In addition, the report found, lower percentages of all public-school students (including charter) in grades 4, 8, and 12 had computer access at home compared to Catholic school students.

Concerns over students using district computers to search sites offline came up during one of the school superintendent's listening sessions last week in Perry Hall.

MEDINA, Ohio – Following some upgrades at City Hall, the city is planning to get rid of some of their computers, but council made sure they will go to good use.