Two years have passed since Dr Christina Gitsaki stepped in to head the United Nations' educational efforts in the UAE, and in that time 220 Sharjah teachers have been retrained. Her work is far from over as she must expand the project to take in more of the Sharjah Education Zone's 320 primary and secondary school English teachers and promoteRead more

Three-quarters of children in England who make a slow start in the "Three Rs" at primary school fail to catch up by the time they leave, data shows.And more than a third (39%) of pupils who make a bright start are no longer reaching advanced levels when they leave.The government's school league tables data also shows 9% of primary schoolsRead more

Three-quarters of children in England who make a slow start in the "Three Rs" at primary school fail to catch up by the time they leave, data shows. And more than a third (39%) of pupils who make a bright start are no longer reaching advanced levels when they leave. The government's school league tables data also shows 9% ofRead more

President Obama repeated it in a speech three days later. “Four out of five schools will be labeled as failing,” Mr. Obama said at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Va., in March. “That’s an astonishing number.” Now a new study, scheduled for release on Thursday, says the administration’s numbers were wildly overstated. The study, by the Center on Education Policy,Read more

A blatant disregard for students' confidential information held by their universities is commonplace at many Middle East institutions. "I was blown away about that when I came to this region and Lebanon. In Canada and the US, the confidentiality aspect is of the utmost importance," said Abdo Ghie, assistant vice-president for Enrollment Management at Lebanese American University He was speakingRead more

The Student Loans Company is contacting some of its customers by telephone amid fears of a fraud attack. The company says it is calling those customers whom it has "identified as being at risk of having their details compromised". The student loan system is facing sustained "phishing" attacks, with 1,400 websites shut down this year. Customers are being told toRead more

The Dubai Modern High School, run by Gems, bagged an outstanding rating in this year's school inspections conducted by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA). The announcement was made by Dr Abdullah Al Karam, Director-General of the KHDA, at the silver jubilee celebration of the school yesterday evening, in the presence of former US president Bill Clinton. The completeRead more

A private profit-making Swedish company has won a £21m contract to manage a proposed free school in Suffolk. Free schools cannot be run for profit - but their trusts can buy in services from private firms. The 10-year contract for Breckland Free School won by IES UK is believed to be the most extensive of such school management contracts soRead more

Three deer hunters suspected of shooting and wounding two students at a middle school in the U.S. state of Texas have been detained and questioned, officials said Tuesday. The two students were wounded Monday by shots likely fired from land near Harwell Middle School outside Edinburg, close to the Mexican border, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said at a newsRead more

The teaching of information and computer technology (ICT) is inadequate in a fifth of secondary schools in England, the watchdog Ofsted says. Inspectors said teachers lacked the expertise and confidence to teach more demanding topics properly. The report said areas such as databases and programming were poorly taught, with some pupils making more progress outside lessons than in them. SchoolsRead more