But slate blackboards, and the green chalkboards that replaced them, are themselves relics of a bygone era. Even small schools in rural communities, like the elementary school I attended in ...

A team of researchers from Rice University are trying to knock out both of these problems with one invention: the I-slate. The solar-powered LED tablet uses a stylus instead of chalk and gives ...

When a remodeling crew at Emerson High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, uncovered slate chalkboards dating back to 1917 last week, teachers at the school were transported back in time and given ...