In my circles you can’t use the word "blackboard" as a synonym for chalkboard because everyone will assume you’re referring to our learning management system. This last detail is probably the most ...

I am a returning student attending classes at Santa Monica College. The subject of chalkboards versus dry-erase boards arose in my American literature class several weeks ago. While Kate Folmar ...

Many view Blackboard as the embodiment of everything wrong with education technology: it’s old-fashioned, it’s hard to use, and once a school system has bought into it, it’s even harder to ...

Excerpted from Blackboard: A Personal History of the Classroom by Lewis Buzbee. Out now from Graywolf Press. The blackboard is a recent innovation. Erasable slates, a cheap but durable substitute ...

An untouched chalkboard from 1917 was found behind a classroom wall at Emerson High School in Oklahoma City. Jacob McCleland/KGOU Math teacher Sherry Read's classroom is a total mess.

The three of them ran their fingers over the old blackboard in Room 308 of the Sacred Heart School, ... in one classroom. He remembered the tone of the principal's voice on the intercom.

A parent sending their 10 year old to school today might peek into the classroom and think back on their own time playing "The Oregon Trail" on an old-school iMac, or writing in the answer to a ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Chalkboards may be old-school, but they’re the newest accent in home ...