By Dharshini Balan SEREMBAN: Many school computer labs in the state are without computers. At least 26 primary and secondary schools are still waiting for computers to arrive, although their labs have been ready since February.

By Lela Garlington Getting grant money for a computer lab was like "manna from heaven," for Farmington Elementary Asst. Principal Carol Nesbitt. Farmington, along with five other county schools, shared in the first $100,000 in grants given out by the Germantown Education Foundation.

By Sue Doyle Up to $400 million has been spent on new computers and software for classrooms, but the Los Angeles Unified School District has not tracked where all of the new technology has gone, officials said Monday. Since 2004, the district has purchased 129,000 personal computers.

When students at one of the 42 schools in the Washington County Public School system decide to wander off task in a computer lab, to check out that popular new YouTube video or the latest sports scores, they are brought to "Attention!" by a popup warning message.

By Neil Gonzales SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO -- The glowing, sleek Apple computers at Sunshine Gardens Elementary are nothing like what fifth-grader Katrina Japson has at home. "They're really organized," the 10-year-old said. "They look like they could be good for homework.