Student test scores at an acclaimed District of Columbia school fell sharply after testing oversight was beefed up, a TV documentary to be aired Tuesday found. The hourlong "Frontline" documentary, "The Education of Michelle Rhee," raises questions about whether district officials adequately investigated suspicions public school employees may have altered standardized test answers while Rhee was chancellor from 2007-2010, TheRead more

From communist works to a comic book, thousands of titles banned by Turkey over the decades were taken off the restricted list Saturday, thanks to a government reform. In July, the parliament adopted a bill stipulating that any decision taken before 2012 to block the sale and distribution of published work would be voided if no court chose to confirmRead more

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has affirmed that Bahrain has been, and will remain an oasis of security and stability thanks to the government's sound policies to maintain law and order through providing highly qualified and professional cadres who are capable of assuming their security duties within total commitment to human treatment and respectRead more

A number of saboteurs had infiltrated last night into the campus of Manama Secondary School for Girls, dismantled a number of doors, smashed a number of empty bottles in the hallways and ripped signboards then fled away. The Directorate of Public Relations in the Ministry of Education stated that the competent security authorities were informed about the school transgression incidentRead more

The new school Sandy Hook Elementary School children in Connecticut were to go to Thursday has been renamed Sandy Hook Elementary School, officials said. The repurposed Chalk Hill School in Monroe, Conn., 7 miles south of Newtown, was also decorated with snowflakes delivered from around the world. Along the road to the former middle school were signs of support. "Welcome,"Read more

Higher Education Minister Mostafa Mossad asserted the importance of fostering cooperation with Kenya in all fields especially in the fields of education and science. This came during Mossad's meeting with Kenya's Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology Margaret Kamar and her accompanying delegation that includes a number of Kenyan universities' presidents and senior officials. The meeting tackled means ofRead more

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) today hosted its third annual scholars gathering to bring the students together with ENEC senior management,update the students about the latest milestones achieved in the program, and celebrate the achievements of the top performing students enrolled in its ‘Energy Pioneers’ program. The event was attended by over 135 students from all three degrees -Read more

Students at the elementary school where a gunman massacred 26 children and teachers last month were returning to class for the first time Thursday in a new building adapted to look exactly like their old one. Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut has been closed since the December 14 tragedy in which a 20-year-old local man shot 20 smallRead more

Ministry of Education's Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Buildings Mohammad Al-Sayegh announced on Sunday the new projects of ministry's developmental plan for years (2014-2015-2016-2017-2018) valued KD 321 million. Al-Sayegh told KUNA that KD 249 million were allocated to projects of demolishing and rebuilding old and dilapidated schools, besides building new schools in cooperation with public education sector. The new developmental planRead more

Kuwait's Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf is due to take part in the 21st conference of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) scheduled to start here on Saturday. Minister Al-Harjaf arrived at the airport, late on Thursday, and was received by Tunisian Minister of Education Abdellatif Abid, Kuwaiti ambassador to TunisiaRead more