Thousands of Chilean students marched through the rain on Thursday demanding far-reaching education reforms and dismissing the government's latest plan to resolve the weeks-old crisis. For three months the students have been taking to the streets to demand free public education and an end to for-profit schools, which are seen as fueling high prices and disparity between the rich andRead more

Florida education officials have suspended a teacher from the classroom for his alleged Facebook postings about gay and lesbian marriages. Jerry Buell, a former teacher of the year, was reassigned pending an investigation into comments he allegedly made on his Facebook page about homosexual marriages, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported. The long-time Lake County social studies teacher allegedly said inRead more

A total of 40 private schools across Abu Dhabi have received approval from the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) to increase their fees just ahead of the 2011/2012 academic year, it was announced by the council on Wednesday. According to a statement sent by Adec, the fee increases will amount to 6.6 per cent for tuition, 5.3 per cent forRead more

Kansas schools will try making schools inhospitable to bullying by working with entire classes, not just bullies and victims, researchers say.Todd Little, director of the Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis at the University of Kansas, says the effort will employ KiVa, a program implemented in Finland in 2007 that halved the risk of bullying in one school year.Read more

The decision by California State University trustees to grant a campus president a 100,000-U.S.-dollar pay rise on the heels of a 12 percent tuition hike has roiled many Californians and state legislators are taking actions to stop it. California State Senator Ted W. Lieu Wednesday announced the introduction of a bill to limit salaries and prioritize California talent. "I believeRead more

China has shut down 24 schools for the children of migrant workers in Beijing forcing more than 14,000 students to drop out, state media said, sparking anger among parents who say they face discrimination, according to Reuters. Local officials told the migrant schools that they had not met safety and hygiene standards. "I felt very sad when I heard theRead more

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak cast an absentee ballot Thursday prior to a controversial Seoul- wide referendum on free school meals. "Voting is an important right and duty in a democratic country. I wanted to express my opinions through voting," Lee said, according to his office Cheong Wa Dae. The president and first lady Kim Yoon-ok are scheduled to beginRead more

Qatar Airways (QA) held a pre-departure event for a group of Qatari students selected from a competitive pool of applicants for the airline''s newly-launched national scholarship programme. The event oriented students and families on the higher educational environment in Qatar and abroad. The aim was to prepare the students as they enter a new chapter in their lives, the nationalRead more

Tuition fees at private schools in Abu Dhabi will rise by 6.6 percent for the new academic year, Abu Dhabi Education Council said on Wednesday.The increases schools requested ranged between five percent and a staggering 208 percent, although only 40 schools out of a total of 60 who applied received approval, ADEC said in a statement.Requests for high increases wereRead more

The number of preschooers and students in elementary, middle and high schools in South Korea declined for a sixth straight year in 2011 due mainly to the nation's declining birthrate, a report showed Wednesday. According to the report released by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the number of students below college level totaled 7.6 million as of AprilRead more