Watch children on net, parents told

Schools are to be advised not to place individual photographs of pupils on their websites under new government guidance, writes Alan Travis..

How to learn the hardware way

Wired classrooms and diagnostic gadgetry could spell the end of the trusty blackboard and chalk. David Teather and John Cassy report

Egg and Mr Chips

The makers of This Life have cast Andrew Lincoln, the dithering Egg, as another reluctant adult who can't cope with responsibility - but this time his neurotic character is a teacher.

Can Warwick close the digital divide?

Warwick students are controversially having laptop computers thrust on them, but they should emulate certain American colleges, embrace the policy to the full and make sure the university foots the bill, saysSarah Left.

Flying budget class across Davos divide

Tom Hadfield, co-founder and executive director of Schoolsnet, was this week named one of the 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum at its meeting in Davos. This is the diary of his visit to Switzerland

Finger-clicking good

Soon pupils and teachers will find it much easier to go straight to what they want on the internet. Emma Haughton says forget websites, think pages.

Net brings new hope to Africa

Following its bitter civil war, Rwanda is looking towards the web as a way of uniting and enriching the nation, writes Will Woodward