AIE — Adventures In Education

Oct 22, 2008 - Get your Z's to keep your A's Even if you have only been in school for a few months, you are most likely already familiar with late nights - be it for work or pleasure. The problem is that while you may feel that a strong cup of coffee or your choice of "energy drink" may get you through the next day, there may be a significantly heavy price to pay for not getting enough sleep at night in the long-term. (Adventures In Education)

Oct 15, 2008 - Texas Tuition: Prepay Today Texas State Controller Susan Combs recently announced the arrival of a new, prepaid tuition plan - the Texas Tuition Promise Fund. (Adventures In Education)

Aug 22, 2008 - Text Messaging-"KIT" when back in school Call it a sign of the times. "Texting," as a means of communication, has become increasingly popular, and some use it even more frequently than picking up the phone to have an actual conversation. So what has made text messaging so popular? According to a recent survey, the following are the leading reasons why. (Adventures In Education)

Aug 15, 2008 - "Earth Force" introduces a whole new way to "eat green" Students in an elective organization called "Earth Force" have made a big lunchtime change at a Middle School in Pennsylvania. The students took action to find an alternative to Styrofoam cafeteria trays that would be cost-effective and cause less waste. (Adventures In Education)

Jul 22, 2008 - UAB Hosts Robotics Camp for High School Students The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Computer and Information Sciences Department opened its doors this summer to a few lucky high school students who are learning computer programming and building their own robots. (Adventures In Education)

Jun 27, 2008 - Ten Lucky Teens are Awarded by the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy 10 winning teens achieved a perfect score of 100% on the inaugural National Financial Literacy Challenge. (Adventures In Education)

Jun 13, 2008 - Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 College Admissions Test Dates Announced Dates for the SAT and ACT college admissions tests have been announced for the Fall 2008 - Spring 2009 school year. (Adventures In Education)

Jan 22, 2008 - Recording industry threatens to sue students. Natalie Miles, a legal studies student at UC Santa Cruz, is getting some unwelcome education in her major. Attorneys representing some of Hollywood's biggest companies say the 20-year-old illegally made 599 songs available for sharing on a popular online... (SF Gate)

Jan 21, 2008 - One Teen's Campaign To Restore Voting Rights. Sarah Boltuck's senior year at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda was transformed by a rejection letter -- not from a college, but from the Montgomery County Board of Elections. (Washington Post)