East Asian Countries Leading in Math, Reading, and Science Childhood Education As The West Trails Behind

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2246469/Mixed-report-card-U-S-students-improved-math-reading-FAILING-Asia-Europe.html Mixed report card for U.S. students who improved on math and reading but still are FAILING behind Asia and Europe Hong-Kong is leading in fourth-grade reading, with the U.S. in sixth place Singapore is No 1 in fourth-grade math, while the U.S. is in the 11th spot on the list U.S. eighth-graders are in […]

Good parenting is more important than good schooling in determining your child’s academic results, says new research

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2216202/Good-parenting-important-good-schooling-determining-childs-academic-results-says-new-research.html Trust, good communication and active involvement in a child’s academic life ‘can help them succeed more than sending them to a good school’ By Laura Clark PUBLISHED: 19:12 EST, 11 October 2012 | UPDATED: 19:13 EST, 11 October 2012 Good parenting is more important than a good school to a child’s academic success, according […]

Fewer than one in four American teens has proficient writing skills – even when allowed spell check and computers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2203385/Less-American-teens-proficient-writing-skills–allowed-spell-check-computers.html Only a quarter of eighth and 12th grade students had solid writing abilities, according to National Assessment of Educational Progress writing test For the 2011 exam, laptops were brought into public and private schools across the U.S., the first year the test was administered via computer More than 50,000 students were tested to get […]

Bill Gates spends $1.1 million fitting students with mood bracelets to see if their teachers are boring

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2158142/Bill-Gates-spends-1-1-million-fitting-students-mood-bracelets-teachers-boring.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:21 EST, 12 June 2012 | UPDATED: 09:59 EST, 12 June 2012 Microsoft supremo Bill Gates wants to fit school students with mood bracelets to measure how interested they are in their lessons. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is spending $1.1 million (£700,000) testing galvanic skin response bracelets […]

160 schoolgirls taken to hospital after second ‘Taliban poisoning of Afghanistan school in a week’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152113/Taliban-poison-attack-results-160-Afghan-schoolgirls-rushed-hospital.html Police say the school’s classrooms might have been sprayed with a toxic material before the girls entered Pupils complained of headaches, vomiting and dizziness before being admitted to hospital By Anthony Bond PUBLISHED: 07:28 EST, 30 May 2012 | UPDATED: 07:57 EST, 30 May 2012 Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls were rushed to hospital after […]

Most unemployed Americans attended at least some college, for the first time ever

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/most-unemployed-americans-attended-least-college-first-time-152523538.html By Liz Goodwin | The Lookout – 9 hrs ago Boston College graduates from the university’s Carrol School of Management at commencement Monday. (Stephan Sa … For the first time in history, there are now more unemployed Americans who attended at least some college than people who only graduated high school or dropped out of high school, […]

‘It’s kind of an empty cliff’: Half of new graduates with bachelor’s degrees are unemployed or underemployed

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133641/Its-kind-cliff-Half-new-graduates-bachelors-degrees-unemployed-underemployed.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:24 EST, 22 April 2012 | UPDATED: 17:31 EST, 22 April 2012 The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully […]

New York education officials back off plan to ban words like ‘dinosaur’ and ‘birthday’ from standardized tests after parental backlash

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2124685/New-York-education-officials-plan-ban-words-like-dinosaur-birthday-standardized-tests-parental-backlash.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 14:32 EST, 3 April 2012 | UPDATED: 14:35 EST, 3 April 2012 New York education officials chose to reverse their controversial decision to be extremely politically correct and keep words like ‘dinosaur’ and ‘birthday’ off of standardized tests. The New York Department of education withdrew its suggested ban of […]

Pakistani boy dies after setting himself on fire because he couldn’t afford school uniform

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123877/Pakistani-boy-Kamran-Khan-13-dies-setting-afford-school-uniform.html By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 03:11 EST, 2 April 2012 | UPDATED: 03:54 EST, 2 April 2012 A Pakistani schoolboy died after dousing himself in petrol and setting himself alight because his family couldn’t afford to buy him a school uniform. Promising student Kamran Khan, 13, attended a local private school for free on a […]