Education
During a pep rally at a Winnipeg high school, a student recorded two of the school's teachers performing a sexually suggestive dance on the gym's floor, which has been since called "Two Teachers, One Chair".
New Thai agency to push education reform
The Abhisit administration is planning to set up an autonomous state agency to push education reform in Thailand. The agency would be modeled after the Office of Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ...
A Pennsylvania school district is accused of secretly operating webcams inside students' homes, a law enforcement official said Friday.
HIKING THE RANKINGS: Thailand's quest to establish world-class universities
IN RECENT YEARS universities across the world have been going through enormous pressures to transform. From the United Kingdom to the United States, from South Korea to Singapore, the call to become a "World-Class University" is loud and clear.
Thailand: International medical schools needed to raise standards
The proposed international medical school must be opened to enhance the knowledge and competence of local students so they can compete with the international community, a medical school official said.
Fresno City Professor Accused Of Teaching Anti-Gay Bias
SAN FRANCISCO -- An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties ...
Boy wonder leaps ahead
Fourteen-year-old boy wonder Eric Lin Cheuk-yin is shrugging off a rejection by Cambridge University and is preparing for more exams to realize his dream of becoming a maths professor.
Britain to slash foreign student visa numbers
The number of foreign students given visas is to be slashed in an attempt to clamp down on widespread abuse of the system.
N.Y. Elementary School 'Fight Club' Uncovered by Student's Father
The "fight club" scrap at a Queens elementary school was uncovered only after the father of one of the combatants heard his son whining that he didn't have enough fans in his corner.
Thailand's Prince Of Songkla University Keen To Forge Ties With Brunei University
Bandar Seri Begawan - With the recent signing of a MoU agreement with Yala Islamic University, another university from the southern part of Thailand, Prince of Songkla University Pattani Campus is also interested to forge ties with Universiti Brun...
BANGKOK – Grey Group and leading local university, Thammasat University, have started a brand strategy course as part of a Masters in Marketing programme offered by the tertiary institution in Thailand.
2nd Apec Future Scientists Conference is held from February 1-6, at National Science Museum, Pathum Thani Thailand.
Administration: Obama to boost education funding by $4 billion
Despite a heavy focus on fiscal discipline in his first State of the Union address, President Obama will announce an increase of up to $4 billion in federal education spending, according to senior administration officials familiar with the speech.
Minster of Education of Thailand visits University of Helsinki
Mr. Chaiwuti Bannawat, Deputy Minister of Education of Thailand, and nine of his colleagues from the Ministry visit University of Helsinki.
Obama pushes $1.35-billion expansion of education plan
President Obama, delivering a schoolhouse pitch for a $1.35-billion expansion of his signature education plan, promised Tuesday to "raise the bar" on what is expected of public school teachers and students.
Obama to seek $1.35 billion more for Race to the Top program
President Obama is slated to visit a Fairfax County school Tuesday to announce plans to seek $1.35 billion in his next budget to expand his signature education initiative to improve schools.
David Paterson clashes with N.Y. lawmakers over charter schools
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York’s Legislature is proposing last-minute changes to charter schools law that Governor David Paterson and Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned yesterday will cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars in a federal grant due tomo...
New York State Looks at Doubling Cap on Charter Schools
New York legislators are poised to at least double the number of charter schools allowed in the state in an attempt to win as much as $700 million in federal education grants.
Texas Shuts Door on Millions in Education Grants
Texas will not compete for up to $700 million in federal education money, Gov. Rick Perry said on Wednesday, calling the Obama administration’s main school improvement grant program an unacceptable intrusion on states’ control over education.
West Virginia governor calls for 180-day school calendar, college tuition freezes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin called Wednesday night for a special session on education if West Virginia is not awarded federal money in the first round of national competition for a slice of $4.3 billion.