$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›

DRUM MAJORETTES OF CAPE TOWN A PHOTO ESSAY

Parents who have girls, they apply to the school because they want them to be involved in drummies... READ MORE›

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›

SCHOOL DINNERS TO AVOID FOODS HIGH IN SUGAR, SALT AND FAT THROUGH NEW STANDARDS

Under the changes only healthy foods that meet the standards will be funded for breakfast clubs, school lunches and snacks, after-school clubs and school dinners... READ MORE›

EIGHT PUPILS INJURED IN SCHOOL BUS CRASH IN CO DONEGAL

Donegal ETB wish to compliment the emergency services and the school staff on their response to the critical incident... READ MORE›

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U.S. GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS GO 'ROGUE' IN DEFIANCE OF TRUMP

Can't wait for President Trump to call us FAKE NEWS, one anonymous National Park Service employee posted on the newly opened Twitter account AltNatParkService... READ MORE›

'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›

'MASSIVE RISE' IN HATE SPEECH ON TWITTER DURING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

That effort is taking on greater urgency as rampant abuse undercuts Twitter's business... READ MORE›

QUEBEC MOSQUE ATTACK: SOCIAL MEDIA TRIBUTES POUR IN

Social media users express solidarity after attack on a Quebec City mosque leaves six Muslims dead and eight wounded... READ MORE›

ENGLISH CHILDREN AMONG THE UNHAPPIEST IN THE WORLD AT SCHOOL DUE TO BULLYING

Her family are from Bangladesh and she grew up in Sevenoaks, Kent, where she was the only non-white child in her primary school... READ MORE›

OBAMA PRAISES SOUTH KOREA FOR PAYING TEACHERS AS MUCH AS DOCTORS

Our children spend over a month less in school than children in South Korea... READ MORE›

FOR VULNERABLE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS IN JAPAN, A CULTURE OF 'DATES' WITH OLDER MEN

Here, high school dating matches girls in uniforms with men in their 40s and 50s and beyond... READ MORE›

CHEESE IS ADDICTIVE AS DRUGS, STUDY FINDS

One expert, Dr. Neal Barnard of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, even described cheese as dairy crack ... READ MORE›

'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›

A BOY KEPT ASKING HIS MOTHER FOR TWO LUNCHES. THEN SHE REALISED THE SECOND WAS NOT FOR HIM

The girls' volleyball team Ms Duran coaches also raised more than 400 to pay her back, but instead she took that money to the cafeteria... READ MORE›

"I experienced every show, movie, webisode, album, book, webcomic, podcast, video game, Twitter feed, Tumblr, Instagram, Reddit AMA and op-ed you guys were telling me I had to check out... READ MORE›

#PORTEOUVERTE: PARIS RESIDENTS OPEN DOORS TO THOSE STRANDED BY ATTACKS

Twitter users in other countries also began using the hashtag to share their delight that social media was being used for a good cause... READ MORE›

IS CHINA'S GAOKAO THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST SCHOOL EXAM?

One of Yuan Qi's classmates in the experimental class at Beijing 101, Jiang Xinye, joined the exodus... READ MORE›

ENGLAND HAS HIGHEST UNIVERSITY TUITION FEES IN INDUSTRIALISED WORLD, SURVEY FINDS

Throughout the OECD, graduates earn on average double over their lifetime than those whose highest education was secondary school, it finds... READ MORE›

SCHOOL LEAGUE TABLES BRANDED A 'NONSENSE' AMID CHANGES

Maybe its the private schools not the league tables that aren't fit for purpose?... READ MORE›

PARENTS SIGNING UP FOR LATIN LESSONS TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN THE EDGE AT SCHOOL

The classics department at a private school in London has found itself oversubscribed after it began offering Latin evening classes to parents... READ MORE›

TEACHER KILLED AND SKINNED RABBIT IN CLASS TO 'SHOW CHILDREN HOW MEAT IS PROCESSED'

Killing and skinning animals is not part of the district's 10th-grade biology curriculum, Ms Westfall said, adding It's not something that's done in our schools... READ MORE›

STATE OF THE ART TWITTER TO SAVE ITSELF MUST SCALE BACK WORLD-SWALLOWING AMBITIONS

Clarifying Twitter's mission would be painful for the people who work at the company... READ MORE›

'I'VE HAD TO TRAVEL THOUSANDS OF MILES TO FEELS ACCEPTED'

An inspirational woman from the Travelling community has told how she went from leaving school at 15 with no qualifications to working on Capitol Hill in Washington... READ MORE›

TRICKLE OF LIBERIAN CHILDREN RETURNING TO SCHOOL REFLECTS LINGERING EBOLA FEARS

Public schoolteachers are often poorly trained and unmotivated... READ MORE›

14-YEAR-OLD NELL JONES CONFIRMED DEAD AFTER MANCHESTER TERROR ATTACK

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, told Express.co.uk that police have confirmed their pupil was one of 22 to die in Manchester Arena on Monday night... READ MORE›

MIGRANTS CLASH WITH THE MACEDONIAN POLICE IN PICTURES

Photograph Nikos Arvanitidis EPA Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close A migrant girl confronts a Macedonian police officer... READ MORE›

NESTLE, PEPSICO AND OTHERS USE PUBLIC FUNDS TO DEVELOP HARMFUL SNACKS

Critics argue that the nutritional value of food should be taken into account whenever government funds are spent... READ MORE›

SYDNEY BAR UNDER FIRE FOR USING NAKED MODELS AS FRUIT PLATTERS

Another Twitter user described the display as appalling while historian Helen McDonald labelled it horrifying... READ MORE›

'DON'T GO BACK TO WORK IF YOU'RE HALF-CUT' - SHOULD LIQUID LUNCHES BE BANNED?

Nick, 62, marine insurance consultant I do think banning lunchtime drinking is a bit nanny state... READ MORE›

HACKERS ADD RAINBOWS, GAY PRIDE SLOGANS TO ISLAMIC STATE ACCOUNTS

Normally they take over Twitter accounts and fill them with Anonymous imagery and the phrase Islamic State, we own you... READ MORE›

LIVE TV OF AIRASIA SEARCH DELIVERS SHOCKING, SUDDEN NEWS TO RELATIVES

An Indonesian woman holds a family picture outside the crisis center at Juanda International Airport... READ MORE›

TWITTER FLOODED WITH PHOTOS OF KITTENS IN SUPPORT OF MANHUNT FOR TERROR SUSPECT

However, they soon realized that their Tweets might endanger the lives of police officers when Belgian authorities asked social media users to stop sharing details... READ MORE›

A DIGITAL FACT-CHECKER FIGHTS FAKE NEWS

Storyful says that's a common MO for social media propagandists... READ MORE›

NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD

New Year celebrations around the world - in pictures... READ MORE›