Additional schools recommended for closing — by one account, as many as 10 more — will be announced on Friday. The 15 schools targeted for closing or downsizing are ones at which a large majority of the students are not proficient in English or math, according to their scores on state exams. The average graduation rate of the high schoolsRead more

Parental conscious intervention to reduce children's watching of television would lead to a healthy upbringing, educational study said on Friday.The study was conducted by Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Al-Enezi at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) under the title of "Children's Programs on Arabic Satellite Channels and their role in forming information in the Kuwaiti Child." The StudyRead more

Five schools in the Oxford district and three schools in the more rural Lafayette County School District were involved when the two-year pilot program was launched last year. Alisa Fye, from the TVA program in Mississippi, said each school saved on differently levels and found various ways to save energy across the board. While Oxford and Lafayette County were theRead more

A major concert will be held next week in Beijing to celebrate U.S.-China educational ties, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday.Carola McGiffert, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, told reporters at a briefing in Washington, D.C. that the concert, which will take place on Dec. 17 at the National Stadium inRead more

Several U.S. students sustained minor injuries after a private school bus crashed into a building in northern Houston, Texas, on early Thursday morning, local media reported.The accident happened at around 7:15 a.m. local time when the bus carrying 30 students, aged from 7 through 13, went off a road and hit an empty building, according to local TV channel KTXS.AuthoritiesRead more

As the South Korean society is set to greet the first generation of law school graduates next year, securing a job is a major concern for the would-be graduates, especially those from regional schools. About 1,500 students complete their academic courses at dozens of local law schools in early 2012.Read more

Sharing a book Children who easily learn to read have often been read to from an early age The test-run of a new primary school reading check suggests two-thirds of pupils are likely to fail it when it is introduced in England next year. Government statistics show just 32% of the six-year-olds in 300 schools who took the test lastRead more

The reputation of the Welsh exam board is at stake after claims some of its examiners gave teachers unfair advice on upcoming GCSE questions, says the education minister. WJEC has suspended two examiners after the Daily Telegraph said it had filmed them telling teachers at a paid-for seminar which questions to expect. Leighton Andrews said the exam board must sortRead more

Education is one of Europe's best investments for overall growth in troubled economic times, President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber Dr. Christoph Leitl said Wednesday. Although Europe's main concerns now are monetary, the structural problem of its labor force's education is also a challenge, Leitl said when addressing the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. If the region wants toRead more

Business leaders are warning that students in the UK are lagging behind in developing an international outlook needed for a globalised economy. A British Council survey suggests many employers are struggling to recruit staff with a "global outlook". The report says UK students need wider horizons if they are to compete with rising economies such as China. The "UK economyRead more