An Australian doctoral candidate will probably be included in a group of Chinese volunteers who will clear traps set for endangered wild Siberian tigers in northeast China this winter. "I really hope to join the trap-clearing campaign. I am looking forward to doing something for the protection of Siberian tigers," Melissa Pettigrew, who is working as a volunteer for theRead more

The suspected test takers came from prominent, respected families, some of them in financial distress — among the five facing felony charges were the sons of a well-known lawyer, the president of the local library board and a wealthy philanthropic family. Samuel Eshaghoff, 19, a 2010 Great Neck North graduate, was charged in the cheating case. The youths who areRead more

The level of school readiness as first-graders begin school helps predict their educational outcomes as they approach middle school, U.S. researchers say.Katerina Bodovski and graduate student Min-Jong Youn at Pennsylvania State University's Educational Theory and Policy program found a strong relationship between first-grade students' behaviors and skills, and their achievement in reading and mathematics at the end of the fifthRead more

Ministers fear children may become reliant on calculators if they use them at too young an age. Photograph: Don Mcphee Calculators may be restricted in primary schools until children have mastered basic arithmetic including knowing times tables by heart, a minister has said. The use of calculators will be looked at as part of a national curriculum review, after theRead more

"It is inevitable that China will climb up university rankings in the years to come." This statement from Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, lines up with China's optimism that it will produce world-class universities. But there are still hurdles to overcome, experts say. Universities from China's mainland slipped this year in the Times' globalRead more

Almost three-quarters of England's councils are reviewing or making cuts to optional school transport services, data suggests. The English figures cover 81 local education authorities outside London and the six big metropolitan areas. They were obtained through a Freedom of Information request by the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT). The government said an extra £10m was being made available forRead more

The UAE's education sector has made remarkable progress and played a significant role in the growth of the nation. The sector made a humble beginning with a handful of students in its educational institutions and today the UAE has emerged as a hub of higher education and is second to none in the quality of education offered in its schools.Read more

Until now, however, researchers lacked nationwide data to prove it. That changed Wednesday when the Department of Education released a 78-page report. Its conclusion: Tens of thousands of schools serving low-income students are being shortchanged because districts spend fewer state and local dollars on teacher salaries in those schools than on salaries in schools serving higher-income students. “Low-income students needRead more

Kuwaiti Ambassador Dr. Rasheed Al-Hamad is on a visit to Alexandria, during which he visited Kuwait High School upon invitation of Alexandria's Governor Dr. Osama El-Fouly.Al-Hamad told KUNA, "the school was named after the State of Kuwait upon the wishes of its founder, Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain. The change is also part of overall re-consideration following the January 25 Revolution toRead more

The for-profit higher education sector maintains that the academic standards of private-sector institutions are on par with their not-for-profit public counterparts, but this report completely undermines that. Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin (D), who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, instigated the investigation, proclaims the results: “The findings of this report underscore the need for stronger oversight ofRead more