Another schooling year ends in KazakhstanSolemn ceremony traditionally called Last Bell, which marks the end of the schooling year, was held in Kazakhstan’s schools on May 25.
High-security isolation for South Korea's exam-settersEvery October, hundreds of South Korean teachers and professors are sequestered -- like jurors in a mafia trial -- in a secret, guarded compound: prisoners of their country's obsession with education.
28 October 2013
S. Korean cram schools probed over US test scandal South Korean officials on Monday launched a probe into cram schools after a cheating scandal that led to the nationwide cancellation of US college entrance exams earlier this month.
27 May 2013
US with new line of inquiry in Boeing probe The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday it is examining whether the Boeing 787's lithium-ion battery problems were due to formation of microscopic structures called dendrites.
12 February 2013
Boeing suspends 787 deliveries The American aerospace giant Boeing halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner on Friday but said it would continue to build the aircraft while safety experts examine its battery and electrical systems.
21 January 2013
Harvard probes mass exam cheating As many as 125 students at Harvard University are being probed for allegedly cheating in a final exam at the elite institution.