What is wrong with Kazakhstani education?Serik Irsaliev of the MInistry of Education shared the findings of an international study that looked into the Kazakh education system.
Instructor to appear in India court over alleged child rapeA roller-skating instructor was due in court Monday over the alleged rape of a six-year-old student which sparked protests from outraged parents, an official in the Indian city of Bangalore said.
21 July 2014
Five killed as helicopter crashes in S. Korean cityA fire department helicopter crashed Thursday near an elementary school in a residential district of the South Korean city of Gwangju, killing five people on board, officials said.
17 July 2014
Canadian teacher arrested in Indonesian child sex scandalA Canadian teacher has been arrested in Indonesia for alleged child sex abuse, police said Tuesday, in a scandal that has rocked one of the country's most prestigious international schools.
15 July 2014
Mother stabs French teacher to death in front of pupilsA primary school in southern France was in shock after a teacher was stabbed to death in front of her young pupils by a student's mother described as having "psychiatric problems".
Two dead in new US school shootingA rifle-toting gunman killed a 14-year-old student at an Oregon high school Tuesday, the latest in a spate of US shootings that prompted a renewed warning from President Barack Obama.
11 June 2014
Michelle Obama takes on Republicans over school lunchesFirst lady Michelle Obama made a rare but strident foray into political debate Tuesday, slamming a Republican bid to change US school nutrition standards as "unacceptable."
28 May 2014
'We know where missing girls are': Nigeria's top brassNigeria's highest ranking military officer on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to the families of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants, revealing they had located the missing teenagers.
27 May 2014
Fire engulfs historic Scottish art schoolA blaze ripped through one of the world's top art schools in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Friday, damaging a historic building designed by the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
24 May 2014
International effort widens for missing Nigerian schoolgirlsInternational efforts have widened to trace more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamists militants in Nigeria, while France has called for African leaders to hold a summit focused on the issue.
Boko Haram holding 223 Nigerian schoolgirls: policeNigerian police on Friday said Boko Haram militants were holding 223 girls of the 276 seized from their school in the country's northeast, revising upwards the number of youngsters abducted.