Recent News Headlines : Education

$1.5M GRANT HELPS ALABAMA EXPAND EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM


They have access to early childhood education specialists who will help teachers implement evidence-based instructional practices... READ MORE

6th December, 2017 0

CALIFORNIA IN A 'LITERACY CRISIS' WITH CHILDREN WHO CAN'T READ


Assessments found less than half of California students from third grade to fifth grade have met statewide literacy standards since 2015... READ MORE

6th December, 2017 264

22-YEAR-OLD SOUTH AFRICAN CROWNED MISS UNIVERSE 2017


I want them to know their history so they can take pride in being Africans and Ethiopians... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 71

500 MORE SCHOOLS 'FACING CUTS' AS PHILIP HAMMOND UNDER PRESSURE TO GIVE EDUCATION A BUDGET BOOST


Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, told HuffPost that the analysis proved schools were at breaking point ... READ MORE

21st November, 2017 381

US FAMILIES SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING MANDARIN TO KIDS


She said the school has seen a major increase in American families having their children learn Mandarin, and now there are more than 100 at the school... READ MORE

19th November, 2017 2270

OVERSEAS STUDENTS TURNING AWAY FROM US UNIVERSITIES


The study showed that 290,836 international students entered the US in the fall of last year, compared with 300,743 at the same time 2015... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 2500

FROM GRAFFITI TO SNAPCHAT, SCHOOLS GRAPPLE WITH RACIST INCIDENTS


Racial incidents are appearing to pop up at an alarming rate in the United States' public schools... READ MORE

12th November, 2017 102

FIRST LADIES ENJOY LEARNING EXPERIENCE


Accompanied by Peng Liyuan, the wife of President Xi Jinping, Melania Trump visited Banchang Elementary School in Dongcheng district in the morning... READ MORE

10th November, 2017 0

FATHER OF BOY KILLED IN SYDNEY SCHOOL CRASH SAYS HE FORGIVES THE DRIVER


Banksia Road Primary School has reopened with specialist counsellors and additional teaching staff from nearby schools... READ MORE

9th November, 2017 4071

ISRAELI KINDERGARTEN RAID TERRIFIES PALESTINIAN KIDS


Shamali said Palestinian students have unwittingly become victims of Israel's violent policies towards Palestinian schools in East Jerusalem... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 4159

B.C. TEACHER WADES INTO DEBATE OVER CROWDFUNDING AND CORPORATE MONEY IN CANADIAN CLASSROOMS


But as CBC's Heather Hiscox explains, not everyone likes the idea of putting private money in public schools... READ MORE

2nd November, 2017 5

CHINA'S FIRST SWISS SCHOOL OPENS IN BEIJING


The Swiss School Beijing, the first in China supported by the Swiss government, officially opened on Monday... READ MORE

30th October, 2017 0

APPLE'S IBOOK 2: WHY THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM ISN'T READY FOR THE ETEXTBOOKS STRATEGY


Obviously, Apple is hoping to increase the current number of iPad users among the student community... READ MORE

30th October, 2017 0

A NOTE OF THANKS TO MR HEATON-HARRIS


Mr Heaton-Harris ought not to worry about me and my colleagues poisoning minds against Brexit... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 64

CHINA PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES TO 86,000 SYRIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON[1]


Chinese-funded educational supplies were distributed on Monday to around 86,000 Syrian refugee students in Lebanon, said the United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF in a statement... READ MORE

24th October, 2017 2817

OTTAWA COMPANY TEAMING UP WITH FACEBOOK TO SPOT FAKE NEWS


Facebook is teaming up with an Ottawa-based non-profit organization to teach the federal government how to combat hacking and fake stories ahead of the next election... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 79

AUSTRALIA'S ONLY ASSYRIAN SCHOOL IS GIVING REFUGEES A FRESH START


Together with its senior campus, St Hurmizd Primary says it is the only school in the Western world that teaches the Assyrian language and faith... READ MORE

21st October, 2017 772

EX-FLORIDA QB GIVES UP TEACHING LICENSE AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASKING STUDENT TO TOUCH HIS PENIS


A former University of Florida quarterback lost his teaching gig after asking an under-aged female student to inappropriately touch him, reports said... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 55

WHY ARE MILLIONS OF AFGHAN GIRLS STILL NOT IN SCHOOL?


Despite the Taliban being driven from power in 2001, efforts to get girls into education in Afghanistan have failed, according to a new report... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 241

KENYA BOARDING SCHOOL ATTACK LEAVES SIX DEAD


He returned to find the boy, but he was not at the AIC Lokichogio Secondary School at the time... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 1566

ITALY SCHOOL STUDENTS 'STRIKE' OVER WORK EXPERIENCE


Are you a student in Italy or employ people on work experience schemes?... READ MORE

13th October, 2017 552

TEACHER JAILED AFTER 'FULL BLOWN' SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH 15-YEAR-OLD BOY


He woke up one morning to see a friend request from Alice McBrearty on Facebook... READ MORE

7th October, 2017 383

IVANKA TRUMP WHY WE NEED TO START TEACHING TECH IN KINDERGARTEN


Seeing the enthusiasm and drive of these young people drove home how essential early exposure to computer science is... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 3181

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATOR NAMED NEW JERSEY'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR


-- An American Sign Language teacher at a Cape May County high school has been named New Jersey's Teacher of the Year... READ MORE

4th October, 2017 0

TRANSGENDER TEACHER REMOVED FROM FLORIDA CLASSROOM AFTER SOME PARENTS OBJECT TO USING 'MX.' TITLE


A transgender teacher in New York said teachers should be addressed in the manner they prefer... READ MORE

30th September, 2017 615

SCHOOL SLAMMED BY BERNARDI FOR 'DRESS DAY' FUNDRAISER NOW DONATION LEADER


Craigburn Primary School's Principal, Paul Luke, and One Girl CEO Morgan Koegel address the media... READ MORE

29th September, 2017 3700

IRELAND TO LIST CHINESE AS NATIONAL EXAM SUBJECT IN 2022


The education minister made the announcement at a joint conference of Confucius Institutes of Ireland and Britain... READ MORE

29th September, 2017 2131

SCHOOLS CLOSED, HUNDREDS WITHOUT POWER IN STORM'S WAKE


Power is not expected to be restored until later Thursday, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board said in an emailed statement... READ MORE

28th September, 2017 57

OBAMA CAMPUS ASSAULT GUIDANCE GETS SCRAPPED UNDER TRUMP


The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is currently investigating 360 sexual violence cases under investigation at 258 postsecondary institutions... READ MORE

22nd September, 2017 53

'DRESS DAY' DONATIONS POUR IN AFTER POLITICIAN'S CRITICISM


Craigburn Primary School in Adelaide encouraged its students to wear a dress or casual clothes to school to raise funds for girls' education in Africa... READ MORE

22nd September, 2017 405

Trending News Headlines : Education

TEACHER WINS $1M GLOBAL PRIZE FOR WORK IN NORTHERN QUEBEC


Canadian Maggie MacDonnell has won a global teaching prize worth 1 million US for her work in Salluit, an Inuit community in northern Quebec... READ MORE

20th March, 2017 26287

THE BIG LESSON FROM THE WORLD'S BEST SCHOOL SYSTEM? TRUST YOUR TEACHERS


Finnish education policies are praised highly, but the real success is the level of responsibility and autonomy given to teachers to do their jobs... READ MORE

9th August, 2017 24999

TENN. TEACHER ASKS PRESIDENT TRUMP TO MEET HER REFUGEE STUDENTS


McMurray Middle School regularly saw about one new refugee student every day throughout the school year... READ MORE

4th February, 2017 23088

'HE'S A TEACHER, NOT A HAIRDRESSER,' SAYS MOM AFTER SON GETS HAIRCUT AT SCHOOL


Rather, the teacher at Regina Public School in Ottawa's west end wanted Brandon to cut her son's hair, which was down to his shoulders... READ MORE

9th March, 2017 21576

TEACHER ON UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT TOOK STUDENTS OFF PLANE AFTER INCIDENT


United Express Flight 3411 hadn't left O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on its way to Louisville when the incident occurred... READ MORE

12th April, 2017 18235

RWANDA TO BUILD 500 SMART CLASSROOMS NATIONWIDE BY END OF 2017


Rwanda is one of the fastest growing countries in Africa... READ MORE

29th April, 2017 11372

TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS HELPED SEND TEACHERS TO HAWAII DURING WORK-TO-RULE


Destinations include San Diego, New York City, Texas, Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec City, Florida and Hawaii... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 10228

COLORADO TO ARM TEACHERS IN CLASSROOMS


The three-day course, which consists of firearms and medical training, was launched on Tuesday in Weld County... READ MORE

21st June, 2017 9693

NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL WHERE CHILDREN ARE FREE TO ROAM


We don't want to be one of a kind, we want to replace mainstream schools, Moncarz... READ MORE

21st June, 2017 8612

ARKANSAS TEACHER HAD SEX WITH 4 STUDENTS 2 IN SAME DAY, COURT DOCUMENT SAYS


Matt Wright, superintendent of Marked Tree School District, said Goline, who is married, admitted she had sex with students to her principal on April 26... READ MORE

22nd September, 2017 7279

RUSSIAN WEBSITE BROADCAST FEED FROM UNSECURED WEBCAMS AT CAPE BRETON SCHOOL


CBC Klein wondered if the school board had performed a privacy impact assessment before installing hundreds of cameras in its schools... READ MORE

4th May, 2017 4848

WELL-KNOWN BOARDING SCHOOL TO REMAIN OPEN AFTER SIGNIFICANT FUNDS RAISED


The famous boarding school, whose past pupils include Brian Cowen and Willie Mullins, had announced in February that it was to close its doors after 112 years... READ MORE

17th March, 2017 4147

'SIMPLY A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL': CONCERTGOERS MOURNED IN MANCHESTER ATTACK


The name of Georgina Callander, 18, was released first following the suicide bombing at Manchester Arena that also wounded 59 people... READ MORE

23rd May, 2017 3993

'WE HAVE BEEN TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS'


South Korea closes B.C. school 14 teachers caught in 'bureaucratic nightmare'... READ MORE

28th April, 2017 3907

KUALA LUMPUR SCHOOL FIRE KILLS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS


At least 23 students and teachers have died in a fire at a religious school in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 2753

MELBOURNE TEEN REUNITES WITH FAMILY AFTER NEAR LIFETIME SEPARATION


Martha's mother and her siblings spent recent years in Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp hoping to be granted a refugee visa to Australia... READ MORE

8th February, 2017 2663

2 ADULTS DEAD IN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE AT CALIFORNIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL


Emergency personnel respond to a shooting inside North Park School Elementary School on Monday in San Bernardino, Calif... READ MORE

10th April, 2017 2588

GOVERNMENT FAILING TO EDUCATE, INTEGRATE ROMA CHILDREN


Romani children in Slovakia are segregated in schools, bullied by teachers and misdiagnosed as mentally disabled because of anti-Roma racism, according to human rights groups... READ MORE

1st March, 2017 2389

FIRE AT MALAYSIAN BOARDING SCHOOL KILLS DOZENS MOSTLY STUDENTS


The fire on Thursday was reminiscent of a 1989 blaze in which 27 girls were killed at an Islamic school in Kedah State... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 1995

MALAYSIA POLICE ARREST 7 BOYS OVER DEADLY SCHOOL FIRE


Seven boys have been arrested in connection to a fire at a religious boarding school in Malaysia that killed 23 people, including 21 pupils, authorities said... READ MORE

17th September, 2017 1751

ARSON CAUSED FIRE THAT KILLED NINE SCHOOLGIRLS


Education minister confirms reports of attacks around the country, including in Mombasa and Kisumu besides Nairobi... READ MORE

4th September, 2017 1478

PHONICS WERE BEING TAUGHT 350 YEARS AGO, ONE OF WORLD'S OLDEST CHILDREN'S BOOK REVEALS


The battered leather pocket book for children includes a guide on phonics, which breaks down words into syllables and makes them easier to learn... READ MORE

6th March, 2017 1417

IN CHINA DAYDREAMING STUDENTS ARE CAUGHT ON CAMERA


But many students see live-streaming as an intrusion, prompting a broader debate in China about privacy, educational ethics and the perils of helicopter parenting... READ MORE

25th April, 2017 1327

'THE MESSAGING IN THE VIDEO SHOWN WAS IRRESPONSIBLE, IT WAS MEDICALLY INACCURATE, IT WAS THEOLOGICAL'


Stasia said the use of tax dollars to fund fear-based' sexual education in public classrooms is completely unacceptable... READ MORE

11th April, 2017 1218

HOW A ROCK AND A TEACHER CHANGED DENZYL MONCRIEFF'S LIFE


But the death of his younger brother and subsequent bullying during the early years of high school left Denzyl feeling completely disengaged with getting an education... READ MORE

7th March, 2017 1043

HARVARD STUDENTS LAUNCH COURSE IN HOW TO RESIST TRUMP


Students at the University of Harvard have created a four-week course to teach activists how to resist Donald Trump... READ MORE

4th April, 2017 1043

NOVA SCOTIA GOVERNMENT, TEACHERS TO RESUME CONTRACT TALKS


Officials with the provincial government and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union will resume contract talks on Monday... READ MORE

15th January, 2017 959

NO CASES OF 'RELIGIOUSLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE' AT PUNCHBOWL PUBLIC


State education officials visited Punchbowl Public School Thursday morning in the wake of the claims by a former teacher... READ MORE

17th March, 2017 910

6-YEAR-OLD BRINGS SUSPECTED HEROIN TO SCHOOL TO SHOW TEACHER


The teacher immediately notified higher-ups, and the police were called... READ MORE

4th March, 2017 794

INDIAN STUDENT FORCED TO STRIP IN CLASS FOR NOT FINISHING HOMEWORK


Mahipal Singh of Nathdwara police confirmed an investigation has been launched, although the teacher has not yet been arrested, according to local reports... READ MORE

20th February, 2017 769


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