Iranian education minister was summoned on Saturday by the lawmakers of the parliament to explain about the death of 26 schoolgirls in a traffic accident, semi- official Mehr news agency reported. Earlier in the day, the state IRIB TV and IRNA news agency reported that a school bus carrying students overturned and crashed into a valley on Lordegan-Dehdez road inRead more

Israeli plans to build a military academy on the Mount of Olives in annexed east Jerusalem have been deposited for approval, taking the project a step forward, the Peace Now settlement watchdog said on Saturday. "In the last few days, ads were hung up on the Mount of Olives in east Jerusalem announcing the depositing of plan no. 51870 forRead more

School officials in Britain are warning young students about posting personal information on "dirtiest secrets" pages on Facebook. They fear such pages open children to abuse and blacken the reputation of the students' school, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. "Send me a message with your secrets and I will put them on here anonymously," says one site, "Penistone Grammar School'sRead more

British children spend three times as much time in front of a television or computer than reading, a study by Pearson Education indicated. The survey found that one in six mothers and fathers admitted to never reading to their children at bedtime and one in three said they read no more than once a week, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.Read more

Engaging elementary school students in science for 10 hours a year can lead to improved test scores in math and language arts, a U.S. researcher says. Washington State University researcher Samantha Gizerian said test scores improved among fourth-grade students in South Los Angeles after science and medical students from a local university gave 10 one-hour presentations on science. "A lotRead more

In Pakistan, 5.1 million children are out of school and 63 percent of them are girls, a UN report said on Thursday. The 10th Education for All Global Monitoring Report, Putting Education to Work of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was officially launched in Islamabad, to share Pakistan specific statistics and analysis with major educationists and policyRead more

An Egyptian teacher who wears a niqab, or full face veil, has been sanctioned after cutting the hair of two girls in her class for not wearing a head veil, press reports said on Thursday. Residents of the southern city of Luxor "were angered after the teacher in a niqab cut the hair of two sixth-form students to oblige themRead more

Thousands of Spanish students on Wednesday demonstrated in various cities as part of the second day of strike action in protest at the spending cuts in education carried out by the government of Mariano Rajoy. The students' union says 85 percent of students have followed the strike call among secondary students in state education as the students demand the returnRead more

Thousands of high school and university students demonstrated in dozens of cities across Spain Wednesday against government cuts to education spending aimed at slashing the public deficit. "Bankers' money to public schools!" they chanted as they marched through the streets of Madrid, in a reference to the billions of euros which the government has given Spain's ailing banks even asRead more

More than 3,000 people gathered at a Colorado church Tuesday night to remember a 10-year-old girl who was found dead after disappearing on her way to school. Because Jessica Ridgeway's favorite color was purple, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper wore a purple shirt when he addressed the mourners at Faith Bible Church, The Denver Post reported Wednesday. "It's for Jessica," HickenlooperRead more