35 states, D.C. take second shot at Race to the Top; $3.4 billion left for education reform

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Judge rules former Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach’s lawsuit over firing can move forward

Judge says Leach suit against Texas Tech can go on

All in the f-a-m-i-l-y: Reigning spelling champ’s 8-year-old sister is youngest at 2010 Bee

Spelling champ’s little sis, 8, is youngest at bee

US seeks to settle Indian anxiety with this week’s high-level talks

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Right to education historic, will work to make it reality: PM

NEW DELHI - Describing the Right to Education Act a “historic step”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said his government will work in tandem with the states to make it a reality.

Kagan family influences: Mother a demanding teacher, father a lawyer devoted to local issues

Kagan’s early influences demanding, activist

Philippines tests sex education in public schools over Catholic Church objections

Philippines tests sex education in public schools

Supreme Court to decide if medical residents are students or employees for tax purposes

Court: Are medical residents students or employees

Delhi varsity sells maximum forms to disabled in a day

NEW DELHI - After a dismal show in the first three days, a record number of application forms were sold to disabled students Tuesday in Delhi University (DU) in a single day in seven years.

UP Board 10th Result Witnesses Girls Shining

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Girls fare better in Uttar Pradesh class 10 exams too

LUCKNOW - After outperforming boys in class 12 Uttar Pradesh board exams, girls maintained their supremacy in the class 10 exams too, the results of which were declared Tuesday.

Bihar’s Super 30 hits international headlines

PATNA - With visits from foreign media teams and extensive features written about it, Bihar’s free coaching centre Super 30, all of whose students have cracked the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) for the third consecutive year, has drawn the attention of the international media.

Glitch shows how much a lean US military relies on GPS: ‘Everything that moves uses it’

Glitch shows how much US military relies on GPS

Kerala to act against schools that don’t offer Malayalam

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala government Tuesday said it would act against schools that do not offer Malayalam as a subject even as the state takes pride in a high literacy of 90.92 percent and a low school dropout rate of 0.83 percent.

Two-year Asian management module for Indian students

NEW DELHI - Pearson Learning Solutions, the specialised education wing of global publishing and education giant Pearson Education, has tied up with the Bharti group’s Centum Learning to develop a two-year postgraduate management module for Indian students with a focus on Asian markets, it was announced here.

Safdarjung Hospital students on hunger strike

NEW DELHI - Over 300 students of the medical college of Safdarjung Hospital here went on hunger strike Tuesday demanding “basic facilities” like water, working lifts and air-conditioning in their hostel.

Town shuts Internet cafes to help teens focus for college entrance exams in China

Internet cafes close ahead of exams in China

British boy never missed single day in school

LONDON - A British teenager who has not missed a single day in school since nursery says it is partly due to luck — he fell sick only during holidays.

Punjab School Education Board Witnesses 115 Merits

Class XII Results