A field trial for a novel UK geoengineering experiment has been cancelled amid questions about a pre-existing patent application for some of the technology involved. The Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE) project is a collaboration among several UK universities and Cambridge-based Marshall Aerospace to investigate the possibility of spraying particles into the stratosphere to mitigate global warming. SuchRead more

The practice of wrongly labelling hundreds of thousands of pupils as having special needs is to be ended. One in five children in England — about 1.7 million — is given extra help at school, most of them with genuine problems such as autism, dyslexia and hearing problems.But ministers believe that up to 450,000 youngsters are identified as having specialRead more

Five men accused of kicking and punching eight boys appeared in the Christiana Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, North West police said. Brigadier Thulane Ngubane said the boys' teachers, Daniel Morewa Lentshwe, 25, and Thabiso William Mbityekana, 27, were arrested on Thursday morning. Two policemen Fickson Mogale, 30, and Samson Lizwe, 34, and 22-year-old caretaker Thabang Phepeng were arrested on Friday.Read more

Forty-five students of The Model School had a close shave when a mini-van hit their bus from the rear near Al Maqta Bridge on Monday. The boys were on their way to school for afternoon classes. The van's driver, whose identity was not revealed, died on the spot and seven children on the bus sustained minor injuries. When notified ofRead more

Without ever directly communicating with them, people who have already sifted through online information to make sense of a subject can help strangers facing similar tasks, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research have demonstrated. This process of distributed sensemaking, they say, could save time and result in a better understanding of the information needed for whatever goal usersRead more

Think about the ideal student. He or she focuses on learning, not grades; improvement, not appearances; competency, not competition. This person wants to understand and grow, not just prove how smart he or she is. So how is that mindset—which tends to lead to high levels of engagement and performance, resiliency in the face of failure, and a thirst forRead more

A student and a staff member ended up in the hospital after the proliferation of a harmful, odorous gas in Sir Baniyas School here on Monday morning. The school was immediately evacuated and the classes were suspended for the day. “Surveillance camera footage showed that the offensive odour spread because one of the students messed up with a chemical substance,”Read more

Parents in England are to be given control over their children's special educational needs (SEN) budgets, allowing them to choose expert support rather than local authorities being the sole provider. In what the government described as the biggest reform of SEN for 30 years, the measures will also legally force education, health and social care services to plan services together.Read more

Nine out of 10 academies are selling pupils junk food such as crisps, chocolate and cereal bars that are banned in maintained schools to protect children's health, research has revealed. The findings from a study by the School Food Trust (SFT) contradict the education secretary Michael Gove's claim that the academies he champions are following the high nutritional standards introducedRead more

A six-year-old boy has been allegedly assaulted by a school teacher in Dubai, with the bruises and scars on the boy's shoulder and back still visible four days after the incident. Apparently, Ahmad, who is a grade one student in a school's evening session, has been going through mental trauma for some time; however, his parents only noticed it lastRead more