A former Los Angeles school police officer who faked a shooting to cover a self-inflicted wound has agreed to pay $309,000 restitution, officials said Monday. Most of the money covers the cost of the hunt for Jeffrey Stenroos' supposed assailant, the Los Angeles Times reported. More than 500 police officers were involved in an hours-long search for the non-existent gunmanRead more

Suave, articulate and erudite, adjectives one won't normally associate with 16-year-old wannabes. But one session at the Dubai International Academy Model United Nations (Diamun) 2012, would be enough for a change of view. Suave they were, articulate indeed and erudite as well, but above all the pupils who conducted the three-day fourth annual Diamun conference were impressive. Inaugurated at theRead more

As parents know, it can be hard to get little kids to sit still and pay attention, but on this particular Saturday afternoon a roomful of youngsters sit completely focused, and surprisingly still, listening to a tale of undersea adventure. The kids are attending the weekly “Krafty Hakawaty” event held Saturday afternoons at Hamra’s Krafty Kids – a new venueRead more

Over 900 pupils have been successfully transferred from their villa schools that offer Asian curriculum, ahead of the new academic year, the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) has announced. "We have been able to relocate 733 pupils between KG1 and Grade 10 from the Oasis Private School, which follows the Indian schooling system-based CBSE curriculum; and 280 pupils between KG1Read more

Police in the Philippines say two elementary school teachers kidnapped for ransom in Iligan City were released by their captors. Keno Sanchez and Rene Sumagang, teachers at the Limunsudan Bayug Falls Elementary School in Barangay Rongongo, were abducted March19 by armed men. They were released Sunday night. Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Cruz said no ransom money was given to theRead more

Nottingham City Council in the UK wants to revamp the archaic school year, switching to five terms each year instead of three and cutting the summer holiday from six weeks to four weeks. Other councils across England are believed to be monitoring the situation and considering similar changes. However, the National Union of Teachers is strongly opposed to the changesRead more

The U.S. Department of Education School Improvement Grants program, an initiative promoted by President Obama and passed by Congress in 2009, is starting to bear fruit, the DoE reports. The program, which has disbursed more than $4 billion towards efforts to turn around the bottom 5% of U.S. schools, has now paid out grants to over 1,200 schools nationwide. AccordingRead more

The South Carolina Senate has passed a bill, by a margin of 39-2, that will boost the growth of charter schools statewide. The bill increases the number of ways in which a charter school can form and allows for the formation of single sex schools. The bill also requires traditional schools to give charter students access to sports. This comesRead more

Two college students were killed in weekend shootings in Mississippi, authorities said. Jackson State University freshman Nolan Ryan Henderson, 19, of Atlanta was shot to death at an off-campus pool party early Sunday, police in Jackson, Miss., said. Mississippi State University student John Sanderson, age 21, of Madison, Miss. was slain in a campus dormitory Saturday night, school officials said.Read more

A 19-year-old student has had his imprisonment reduced from one-year to six months for molesting a 16-year-old schoolgirl in his house after he promised to give her his pet dog. The Dubai Appeal Court yesterday convicted the 19-year-old Emirati, A.M., of sexually molesting the Kuwaiti schoolgirl after he tricked and lured her into his house. "The court has reduced theRead more