Doha Students from a private school in Qatar have had a life-enhancing, six-day Umrah that bolstered their Islamic awareness. The opportunity to complete the important rite of passage for Muslims was presented to the 23 students by Qatar Leadership Academy (QLA), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF). During the first three days, the youths,Read more

For the 15 British School Muscat (BSM) students who are set to participate in this year’s upcoming Model United Nations Conference in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from March 10-17, it is a very exciting prospect, requiring them to prepare and research thoroughly for the stand they will take and the country’s they are to represent at the event. The students, whoRead more

As usual, the Muscat International Book Fair is considered an outstanding cultural and social gathering for people of different ages and genders. It is one of the much awaited cultural and educational events in the Sultanate that attract thousands of people from within and outside the country. In addition to its cultural value, it tends to promote reading habits andRead more

It's loud and noisy in downtown Sacramento. And it could get ugly. University students are staging an extremely large protest rally at California's Capitol today, but their event may be hijacked by Occupy groups who are believed to be planning a confrontation with police. Student associations from the University of California, the California State University, and the community colleges stagedRead more

Rush Limbaugh said Monday he was "sincere" and "heartfelt" in his apology to Sandra Fluke, as he explained that he never believed the Georgetown University student was a "slut" or "prostitute" when he said those words last week. Limbaugh addressed the flap over his remarks and his subsequent apology Monday on his syndicated radio program. AOL announced on its FacebookRead more

The president visited Joplin last May, after a tornado killed 160 people, including seven students and a staff member at the high school. The storm struck less than an hour after the school's 2011 graduation ceremony. During a memorial service, Obama told residents the government would help them rebuild, and, "I promise you your country will be there with youRead more

The arts are an important part of a well-rounded education for all students. All of the arts – dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts – are essential to preparing our nation’s young people for a global economy fueled by innovation and creativity and for a social discourse that demands communication in images and sound as well as in text.Read more

Sandra Fluke has spent the past three years lobbying Georgetown University to amend its health-insurance plan to cover the cost of birth control. But last week, after the third-year law student was derided as a "slut" by the right-wing talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, the issue was reverberating far beyond the walls of this Jesuit university in the nation's capital. TheRead more

St John's Church of England primary school in Croydon, south London, has 7% of pupils eligible for free meals. The proportion in the borough is 24%. Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian England's faith state schools are failing to mirror their local communities by shunning the poorest pupils in their area, analysis by the Guardian of the latest government figuresRead more

A Rutgers student accused of electronically spying on his roommate sent Twitter messages to a high school friend in anticipation that he would catch his new, gay roommate having sex. Michelle Huang, a student at Cornell University in New York, said Monday that Rutgers student Dharun Ravi messaged her that what he expected to happen Sept. 21, 2010, "could getRead more