U.S. schools' use of debit accounts to pay for student lunches results in students' choosing less healthy choices and more calories, researchers say. David Just and Brian Wansink, both of Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab, in Ithaca, N.Y., examined the lunch purchases of 2,314 students in grades 1-12 to see how payment methods impacted food choice. The study, scheduledRead more

The State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament will hear information from Dmitry Livanov, Minister of Education and Science, during a Government Hour question-and-answer session here on Wednesday. According to the traditional format, the Minister will speak not on a specific theme but will make a report on the activities of the Ministry as a whole, with due regard,Read more

Education is widely seen as a key component to future success not only for the individual children who receive that education, but also for the society to which they belong, as a whole. We use graduation rates and post-secondary degree attainment numbers to help determine the efficacy and accessibility of a system of education. More than simply informing us ofRead more

Minister of Education Mahmoud Abul-Nasr underlined that a new education strategy cnforming up to international levels will be ready before the beginning of the second term of the school year. During a seminar organized by Rotary Club on homeless children and dropouts, Abul-Nasr said the new strategy will be based on the Egyptian culture and will be commensurate with internationalRead more

A teacher in a Head Start program found what appeared to be crack cocaine and $173 in the pockets of a 4-year-old boy Tuesday, Philadelphia police said. Investigators said the teacher asked the boy to turn out his pockets after another student reported being shown cash, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The boy had eight bags of a white substance lookingRead more

Hundreds of Boston school bus drivers struck unexpectedly Tuesday morning, leaving students and parents looking for alternative transportation. Some children were delivered to school by police car, The Boston Globe reported. Police officers cruised the streets looking for stranded students. While the schools were open, parents and students were told there would be no penalty for students who were lateRead more

Turkish Minister of National Education Nabi Avci has become the guest of the Anadolu Agency Editor's Desk. Answering the questions on the agenda at the AA Headquarters in capital Ankara on Tuesday, Avci said, "The arrangement of the most significant chapters of the Democratization Package, which are the removal of headscarf ban in public institutions and student oath in primaryRead more

A director of a school in Mahala was dismissed for not complying instructions The director, identified as Mahassen al-Falah, failed to control over a group of female protesters to raised the four-fingered symbol of the Rabaa al Adawiya mosque. She was moved to an administrative job at the education directorate in the city. Meantime, a teacher, named Mohamed Farouk, wasRead more

A British teen accused of plotting a Columbine-style attack on his college had made a list of students he disliked, classmates testified. The 17-year-old, who has not been identified publicly, had several classroom outbursts during which he threatened to shoot and stab fellow students at the sixth form college, which is akin to a junior college. On at least oneRead more

Two dogs attacked a student on an Atlanta high school's baseball field Monday afternoon, prompting officials to lock down two schools for a time. The 10th-grader was bitten on the face and taken to a hospital, Atlanta Public Schools spokeswoman Kimberly Willis Green told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The boy was having reconstructive surgery, WSB-TV, Atlanta, reported. "At this time, theRead more