The gap in cancer death rates between university graduates and those who only went to high school is widening, the American Cancer Society reported Friday. Among men, the least educated died of cancer at rates more than two times that of men with degrees, the latest data show. In the early 1990s, they died at two times the rate ofRead more

A school's decision to ban some hairstyles it says have become associated with gang culture has resulted in "unlawful, indirect racial discrimination which is not justified," a British court ruled Friday. The test case decision in London's High Court is a victory for the family of African-Caribbean teenager "G", who wears his hair in cornrow braids, close to the scalp,Read more

A school’s decision to ban a pupil who refused to change his cornrow hairstyle was discriminatory and unlawful, the High Court ruled today. In a decision which could have far reaching implications for how schools set out their uniform policy, a judge found that St Gregory’s Catholic Science College in north London broke anti-discrimination legislation when it turned away aRead more

The Coalition Government was accused of a U-turn yesterday after the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, announced a new crackdown on under-performing schools. Mr Gove, speaking to the National College for School Leadership conference in Birmingham, warned that 200 under-performing primary schools would be shut down next year and turned into academies. The schools have all achieved less than the Government'sRead more

Private colleges are mulling expansion of scholarship programs for needy students, school officials said Friday, a move seen as an attempt to provide alternatives to the growing call for slashed tuitions. High college tuitions have been a top social and political issue in South Korea in recent weeks, but college administrators have shown reluctance to drastically lower tuitions without extraRead more

There have been vociferous objections to the endeavour by me and a group of colleagues to set up a private, university-level college to teach the humanities. To make the best case against our project, the objectors need to challenge the strongest points we can make in its favour. Although I understand some of the sentiment underlying the objections, I amRead more

The Los Angeles Unified School District is taking a stand against child obesity, becoming the nation's largest school system to stop serving sugar-laden flavoured milk. The school board voted to eliminate chocolate and strawberry milk from schools from July 1. LAUSD joins a growing number of school districts nationwide, including in the District of Columbia, Boulder Valley, Colorado, and Berkeley,Read more

The worst 200 primary schools in England are to be forced to turn into academies, the Education Secretary will say today. Announcing the move, Michael Gove will say that a system in which so many children leave primary school without a good grasp of English and maths "should no longer be tolerated". Around 1,400 primary schools in England currently haveRead more

Pembrey Country Park is a jewel on the south coast of Wales, an oasis of woodland and pristine beaches on the Gower Peninsula. It is a haven for families and nature lovers, but from today, it will also be a magnet for armies of extremely drunk students. Locals could be forgiven for bracing themselves – or fleeing – as moreRead more

A coalition of conservative civic groups formally demanded Thursday that the Seoul city government hold a residents' referendum to block a controversial project to provide free lunches to all elementary school students in Seoul, activists and officials said. The project of offering free school lunches, initiated by the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), has become a hot political issue sinceRead more