The Commission on School Reform has urged Scottish schools to abandon what it called the "bog standard" model of comprehensive education. It has drawn attention to what it said was a culture of complacency in many schools. The commission has blamed government and inspectors for their approach to schools. Education Secretary Mike Russell has responded that schools are already benefitingRead more

Education Secretary Michael Gove is to accuse those who oppose his academies programme of being "happy with failure". Mr Gove is pushing more schools to become academies, which are state-funded but semi-independent and outside local authority control. In a speech in London, he will say those who oppose it are "enemies of promise". Head teachers say academy conversion does notRead more

A high school supervisor has been suspended for four days pending an investigation of a picnic trip accident in which a Qatari student fractured her skull and suffered a brain haemorrhage. The girl who is battling for her life at a hospital in Doha was among a group of five students whom the supervisor took for a picnic in herRead more

China's top economic planner said Wednesday the government will ban the unauthorized collection of kindergarten fees, its latest bid to crack down on the excessively high costs of preschool education. "The move aims to promote scientific development of preschool education, regulate kindergarten fee collection and protect the legitimate interests of both the students and the kindergartens," the National Development andRead more

Energy companies are being urged by the charity Save the Children to do more to help British families struggling to heat their homes this winter. The charity says 800,000 of the poorest families qualify for a £120 discount on fuel bills in 2011/12, under the new Warm Home Discount Scheme. But it says a funding shortfall by energy companies meansRead more

The fighting with guns has ended, but it is yet to begin with the pen. Education is undeniably the most serious concern for many as it holds the key to the future of Libya. Most of the schools in the whole country have not even started the New Year course as the curriculum is not yet ready. The preparation ofRead more

Five public schools across the emirate of Abu Dhabi are this month set to be relocated to newer buildings that will provide pupils with more space and improved educational facilities. The relocation is part of the Abu Dhabi Education Council's (Adec) drive to ensure that all public school pupils in the emirate are housed in safe premises that allow forRead more

Children who grow up without a daily routine of set bedtimes and mealtimes do worse at school, a report suggests. Research for the Prince's Trust suggests those with poor exam grades are twice as likely to claim their days lacked structure as they grew up. The study of 2,136 16- to 25-year-olds found more than a quarter did not haveRead more

Students get more real-world training in the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's redesigned, four-semester nursing program, officials say. The Pacesetters track gives students their in-classroom course work, plus an opportunity to work a full-time clinical rotation schedule for 16 weeks during the final semester of their bachelor of science program. The concept was developed by a taskRead more

The 20-year-old Englishman charged with killing an Indian university student gave his first name as "Psycho" during a brief court appearance Monday. Kiaran Stapleton was ordered held pending a hearing Tuesday in Manchester Crown Court, The Daily Telegraph reported. He has been charged with the murder of Anuj Bidve, 23, in the early hours of Boxing Day, Dec. 26. SecurityRead more