You are spot on! Many teachers are burnt out. The No Child Left Behind regulations have created an educational system that only care about scoring well on high-stakes, standardized tests. Curricula across the country has become more and more homogeneous and creativity has been sucked out of our public educational system. Teachers and schools are being held accountable based on these high-stakes tests. Schools now focus on teaching to the test and get passing scores so they can get regulators "off their backs." What's happening to our educational system is very sad -- it has become highly politicized and polarized. It isn't fun anymore for teacher and students. They are both victims of a system gone amuck!

It is ludicrous to make the assertion that adding 40 minutes of time to the school day will magically add a month more of learning. The mentally that more time in school equals more learning is very flawed. We have setup our school like little prisons with strict rules and rigid schedules. Real learning doesn't take place while students are sitting at their desk listening to a teacher droning on an on. Real learning takes place when kids are actively engaged. They should invest their money on creating an alternative, project based educational program.

Parent was being sarcastic -- He/she actually meant the opposite :)

This was moderated as informative? Wow!

What they are going to over is a discount on a new windows 10 phone! So even if you have a broken windows 8 phone, you can trade it in for a windows 10 phone at a price of course. It's all marketing spin and hyperbole! That's what I read between the lines.

Good advice. Anonymous Dude, you're getting a DELL :)

What would be the amount of the refund? Currently OS X is free for Mac owners. Just wondering ..

Are the Chinese officials trying to score some celebrity porn?

True, but many of their products don't make money. MS Office is their cash cow and Windows OS is the field upon which the cash cow grazes.

Can you sue without naming whose bare ass is online?

So not true! My 2008 MacBook Pro is fully 64bit and still runs the latest OS and will run the forthcoming OSX release.

Really? It's just as easy to install LibreOffice as it is to install MS Office.

funny!

Amendment II: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. -- It's very clear and there is little room for interpretation here. But as we all know, the constitution is a lot like the bible, everyone has his or her own take! Charles Bukowski said it best, “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”

I can only imagine the "real time" misunderstandings this new tech will bring! It would be amazing if it did work effectively!