ABVP shutdown begins in Bihar

PATNA - The statewide dawn-to-dusk shutdown in Bihar called by the students organisation Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Thursday, to protest the government’s decision to set up a branch of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Kishanganj, began on a peaceful note with no reports of violence.

Pledge all our children elementary education: PM

NEW DELHI - Right to Education as a fundamental right formally came into effect Thursday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging all stakeholders to make it a success by empowering people through education.

Right to Education becomes fundamental right

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday dedicated the Right to Education (RTE) act to the nation terming it as a fundamental right and urged every Indian to make the country strong through education.

Duke, former lacrosse coach resolve slander lawsuit; university apologizes for media stories

Duke, former lacrosse coach resolve slander suit

Mrs. Obama joins local elementary school students in replanting White House garden

Mrs. Obama replants the White House garden

3 teens scheduled for arraignment in Mass. bullying case that led to teen girl’s suicide

Court dates set for 3 Mass. teens in bullying case

Philadelphia charter school will close nightclub that operated in cafeteria during off-hours

Philly charter school says nightclub will close

GE Aviation to add research center near Dayton, Ohio

GE to put research center in Dayton

CINCINNATI — GE Aviation announced plans Wednesday for a new electric power systems research and development center near Dayton in southwest Ohio.

Pa. university offers free iPads to students; Ore. college gives choice of iPad or computer

Pa. university offers free iPads to its students

Punjab to copy Bihar model for rural IIT aspirants

CHANDIGARH - Impressed with the success of Bihar’s “Super 30″ programme for rural students, the Punjab government is set to replicate the model here to facilitate its marginalised and underprivileged students to crack the entrance test of India’s prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).

NYC program that pays the poor for good habits has no effect on school, job retention

Report: Money for good habits doesn’t change lives

AMU holds talks over tie up with American varsities

ALIGARH/NEW DELHI - A team of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) officials Wednesday held talks with representatives of American universities in New Delhi on academic collaboration between US varsities and AMU.

Right to Education Act comes into force Thursday

NEW DELHI - The much awaited Right to Eduction (RTE) Act, which promises free and compulsory education up to Class 8, will be implemented Thursday with an address to the nation by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Italy’s Franklin and Marshall apparel translates into scholarship, publicity for Pa. college

School? Fashion label? Franklin & Marshall is both

Jaime Escalante Dies

Tamil schools, literature not neglected in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR - Amidst vehement criticism by the Indian ethnic minority that Tamil schools and literature are being treated as “step-children” in Malaysia, the deputy prime minister has said these institutions are very much part of the national education system.

‘Chinese, Tamil schools not neglected in Malaysia’

KUALA LUMPUR - Chinese and Tamil language schools are not being treated as step-children, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has said after minority ethnic groups claimed such institutions were being neglected in the country.