Mo. lawmakers uphold deal to freeze college tuition, plan to pay for it requires insurance tax

Mo. suggests insurance tax to freeze tuition

Bihar’s Super 30 demands re-conduct of IIT-JEE

PATNA - Super 30, a city-based free coaching centre for the economically poor, has demanded the re-conduct of the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) following blunders in Hindi version which they say will severely hamper chances of those who attempted the question paper in that language.

Seven year old moves court after denial of admission

NEW DELHI - Denied admission to the Kendriya Vidyalaya for being “overage”, a seven year old boy approached the Delhi High Court Thursday questioning the admission criteria of the central government school under the right to education law.

1st Mass. school board meeting since bullying charges were filed turns heated

Mass. meeting in wake of bullying case gets heated

Haryana to have three new medical colleges

CHANDIGARH - Three new medical colleges, including one in memory of Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-origin woman in space, will be opened in Haryana to provide better health care to people in the state.

NYC to stop having teachers accused of misconduct spend their days in ‘rubber rooms’

NYC to stop paying teachers to do nothing

NEW YORK — The city will end the practice of paying teachers to play Scrabble, read or surf the Internet in reassignment centers nicknamed “rubber rooms” as they await disciplinary hearings, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the teachers union announced Thursday.

Punjab to educate 65,000 children under RTE

CHANDIGARH - At a time when non-Congress governments in some states are opposing the central government’s initiative for the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the Akali Dal-led government in Punjab Thursday announced that it will cover over 65,000 children in the age group 6-14 years within three years under the new law.

Rights group: Senegal must clamp down on abusive Islamic schools that force children to beg

Senegal criticized for abusive Islamic schools

A 2nd garbage patch: Plastic soup resembling Pacific blight found floating in North Atlantic

A 2nd garbage patch: Plastic soup seen in Atlantic

Who’s in charge here? Former Gov. Jeb Bush enjoys a remarkably good year in the Legislature

Former Gov. Bush: Still in charge at the Capitol?