Arne Duncan credits the NCAA for picking up the pace to fix college sports. He just believes more needs to be done in 2012. The U.S. education secretary called on Bowl Championship Series schools and conferences to put some of their revenue into an education fund and openly backed the two hot-button issues at this week's annual NCAA convention: aRead more

Pam Champion and her husband, Robert, said their son Robert had been gay, but that they did not believe this was the main cause of his beating death. On Tuesday, the parents of the student, Robert Champion, revealed that their son had been gay. But they said they believed that did not play a big role in the beating theRead more

Beijing plans to attract more than 180,000 exchange students in 2020, an increase of 112 percent over the current number, according to the municipal educational bureau. A plan recently issued by the bureau aims to explore a new way to administer exchange students and provide better services for students who wish to study here in the coming years. "Overseas studentsRead more

Payday loan company Wonga has removed pages from its website after it was branded "incredibly irresponsible" for targeting students. However the lender said it would still accept applications for short terms loans from working students. The National Union of Students (NUS) said it was wrong for the company to push the loans - with a typical APR of 4,214%. AnRead more

The Health Ministry on Tuesday requested the Education Ministry to call on private schools to include dental services and appoint dentists to work on their premises. Minister of Health Abdul Latif Wreikat said dental services should be provided in schools and kindergartens in accordance with the Public Health Law. Meanwhile, director of the Health Ministry’s School Health Department Khaled KharabshehRead more

The oath-taking ceremony for student council members (2011-2012) at Pakistan International School Jeddah (English Section) took place in the school auditorium on Saturday. PISJ-ES Principal Sehar Kamran welcomed distinguished guests including Consul Qamar Siddique Raja. Kamran explained to the audience the aims and objectives of the student council. “It is the process of involving students in meaningful ways both inRead more

More than 450,000 extra primary pupils will need places in England by 2015 as schools face a surging birth rate, government figures reveal. This will place intense pressure on schools, particularly in urban areas. In Barking there is a forecast for the primary school population to increase by more than 40% - the equivalent of dozens of new schools. ButRead more

Some youth counselors called for sex education in schools to start earlier and be more specific, following a court case of underage sex. The 15-year-old girl in the court case said she was told by his boyfriend that his menthol cigarettes would kill his sperm, local daily Straits Times reported on Wednesday. Some counselors said sexuality education should start atRead more

Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region plans to launch its first English language periodical on Tibetan studies this year, a publication for global researchers on Tibet and its culture. "The proposal for the English version of 'Tibetan Studies' was submitted early last year and received a warm welcome from the central government," said Lan Guohua, a researcher with Tibet's regional academyRead more

Up to 400 people have gathered in north London to campaign against a school being "forced" to become an academy. A governor of Downhills Primary in Tottenham said academy status was "not in the best interests of the pupils" and they would seek a judicial review. The Department for Education (DfE) said academies "were proven to work". The government wantsRead more