Louisiana

From The New York Times:

From The New York Times:

When report cards went out for students in the Clarksville-Montgomery County school district in October, most of the 29,000-plus students did not have a printed version for their parents to sign.

That's because the district went largely paperless with its report cards for the first time, making grades available to parents with secure accounts online, says communications manager Michelle Newell.

A growing number of districts nationwide are making the change says Ann Flynn, director of education technology with the National School Boards Association.

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released their third annual state energy efficiency scorecard yesterday and the most energy efficient state was, no surprise, California, while Wyoming was ranked dead last.

David Runciman reviews Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better in the LRB:

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.7 million grant to an eight-state consortium of technology centers and community colleges that is working to block cyber attacks and stop the loss of high-tech jobs in the U.S., officials said Wednesday.

Un juez de paz de Louisiana niega se ha negado a dar una licencia de matrimonio a una pareja interracial. Keith Bardwell, juez de paz en Tangipahoa Parish aseguró que tomaba la decisión en beneficio de los hijos que la pareja pueda tener ya que, aseguró que su experiencia le ha demostrado que la mayoría de los matrimonios interraciales no suele durar, según informa el periódico Huffington Post.

European space transportation provider Arianespace launched its largest satellite ever on Wednesday on behalf of TerreStar Networks -- a Virginia-based company that intends to inaugurate a hybrid satellite/cellular service in the United States and Canada later this year.

Marie Howerton works for a business information and market analysis company with offices in London and New York. In between phone calls and meetings, she can put a load of laundry to wash or pick up her children from school.

In the age of smart phones and laptop computers, Howerton's double shift of work and parenting may become a thing of the past. But it means that she's always on the clock.