The government is considering the expansion of tax breaks for college donations as part of efforts to help universities diversify their sources of revenue, Education Minister Lee Joo-ho said Thursday, amid growing calls for lowering costly education expenses. "What we lack the most is donations," Lee Joo-ho said at a meeting with presidents of 16 alumni associations from throughout theRead more

As classes are about to end at Hanseong Chinese Primary School in downtown Seoul, parents line up outside to pick up their children. Most are Chinese parents but some are Korean mothers. English is by far the language that most Korean parents want their children to learn. But their focus is shifting, albeit slowly, to the Chinese language as ChinaRead more

In the last two decades, India has produced some of the world's finest industry professionals, particularly in the field of IT and engineering, who are highly sought after by companies in the Silicon Valley in the U.S. and the world over. Yet it managed to escape one of the maladies synonymous with such an achievement - brain drain. How wasRead more

A report that tracked some 1 million Texas junior high and high school students for six years found nearly six in 10 had been suspended or expelled. Of that group some 15 percent were suspended or expelled at least 11 times with half ending up in the juvenile justice system, the study by the Council of State Governments Justice CenterRead more

The award-winning Annual Enviro-Spellathon is an educational programme targeting school students in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi aged 4 to 13 years and aims to increase their environmental awareness and to instil in them environmentally friendly behaviour. EAD’s Environment Education team works with designated school coordinators to distribute a set of booklets containing unique information about the UAE’s environment toRead more

Amazon.com on Monday began letting students rent textbooks on Kindle electronic readers. Kindle Textbook Rentals lets students pay based on how long they want to use textbooks, with periods ranging from 30 days to 360 days. Renting a digital version of textbooks on a Kindle for a month can save students as much as 80 percent of the price ofRead more

Schools in India's western state of Gujarat are to be given comic books to teach road safety as the country struggles to tackle chaotic and lethal traffic conditions, officials said Monday. About 125,000 people, or 340 a day, died on India's roads in 2009, according to the latest government statistics, with accidents caused by speeding, careless driving and poor surfaces.Read more

Teachers spent nights huddled in a back room, erasing wrong answers on students' test sheets and filling in the correct bubbles. At another school, struggling students were seated next to higher-performing classmates so they could copy answers. Those and other confessions are contained in a new state report that reveals how far some Atlanta public schools went to raise testRead more

July 17 was a big day for Englert Andre, a German teacher in his 20s, because his dream of speaking Chinese with Chinese people came true. "Previously, I just heard Chinese performers speaking their language on television, but I am speaking to real Chinese people now. That is so cool," he said on Sunday at the opening ceremony of aRead more

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) chose Jordan to launch the new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education Indicators for Arab States pilot project in cooperation with Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org). TAG-Org’s Chairman Senator Talal Abu-Ghazaleh told Petra that the project aims at building capacity in Arab states by strengthening national capabilities to define ICT inRead more