Slate blackboard manufacturing began in the U.S. by the 1840s, and rail travel soon made it possible to ship blackboards across the country. In a single year during the 1890s, 11 factories near ...

Rather than an oversight, the chalkless classroom is by design.Like the one-room schoolhouse, the blackboard is fading into a chalk-dust memory.“Slate boards are pretty much obsolete,” said ...

The smell of chalk may bring back fond (or not-so-fond) memories of doing math problems in front of the class, but many children in developing nations only have access to small, erasable black ...

Slate chalkboards from the early 1900's were discovered during the renovation of a school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hot List: Midi Dresses, Crocs Clogs, Travel Backpacks, More July Must-Haves IE ...

Chalkboard for Windows Phone is just what you would think, a chalkboard app. It is a blank slate well suited for doodling, a game of tic-tac-toe or jotting down math problems. You would use the chalk ...