Trapani sets pace with 17 in first half to lead Boston College to 80-60 win over Virginia Tech

Boston College wins easy over Virginia Tech 80-60

Student party mocking Black History Month prompts anti-racism campaign at UC San Diego

Student party prompts anti-racism school campaign

Arkansas House, Senate back $4.5B spending plan, lottery scholarship amounts

Ark. Legislature OKs budget, lotto scholarships

Plan to fire all high school teachers roils poor RI city where student achievement lags

Plan to fire all its teachers roils poor RI city

Pa. educator named in school laptop spying case says she didn’t monitor student webcams

Pa. educator says she didn’t watch student webcams

6 Haitian orphans resume journey to US homes, board airplane bound for Miami

6 Haitian orphans resume trip to US homes

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The director of an orphanage in Haiti says six children are boarding a Miami-bound airplane four days after Haitian officials seized them at the airport.

Blacklisted universities were family controlled: Ministry

NEW DELHI - The human resource development (HRD) ministry appointed expert committee has found that some of the deemed universities likely to face blacklisting are like family-run institutions, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday.

RI district fires all educators at underperforming high school; US DOE applauds decision

All educators fired at underperforming RI school

Badal wants farm science institute in Punjab

CHANDIGARH - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set up the proposed Borlaug Institute for South Asia at Ladhowal, in Punjab’s Ludhiana district.

Allocate more money for children: NGO

NEW DELHI - With the union budget round the corner, child rights NGO CRY Wednesday said that more funds should be allocated for sectors like health and education which impact children directly.

IGNOU students to get train travel concession

NEW DELHI - On-campus students of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will get concessional fares for train travel anywhere in the country, Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai announced Wednesday.

Physical activity at school keeps child fit

LONDON - A structured physical activity programme at school can improve children’s fitness and decrease body fat, confirms a new study.