IIT undergrads impress Canadian varsities

VANCOUVER - Over a hundred Indian undergraduate students, who are in Canada on summer internships with various universities, have impressed their hosts with their research and innovative skills.

Study: ‘Common Core’ academic standards clearer, more rigorous than those in most states

‘Common Core’ standards clearer, more rigorous

Educators turn to gross-out humor for boys as study sounds alarm on reading achievement

Boys trail girls in reading; can fart jokes help?

Pat Haden to replace embattled Southern California athletic director Mike Garrett

Garrett out, Haden in as USC athletic director

Lesbian teen who sued over same-sex prom date accepts Miss. district’s 35k settlement

Lesbian gets $35K settlement over canceled prom

NC protesters march, prepare for showdown over school board decision; call it ‘resegregation’

1K NC protesters march over school busing decision

Vocational courses key to inclusive education

NEW DELHI - As inclusive education remains high on the government’s agenda, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday pitched for vocational education as a key to achieving the goal.

CBSE to start hospitality training courses

NEW DELHI - Initiating a move by the government to train students in the hospitality sector, the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) Tuesday announced two new courses on the subject for class 11 and 12 students.

1K protesters in NC march over school board’s busing decision, say it leads to resegregation

NC protesters march over school busing decision

Lesbian teen who sued over same-sex prom date accepts Mississippi school district’s offer

Lesbian teen accepts Miss. school district’s offer

Court seeks details on illegal recognition of private colleges

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the member secretary of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) to explain action taken against an official who illegally granted recognition to private colleges in Madhya Pradesh.

Lucknow University Geologists Discover New Theory

Lucknow University

Delhi University hostellers ‘homeless’, thanks to Games

NEW DELHI - Some 3,000 Delhi University students are now desperately looking for places to stay as they have been asked to vacate their college hostels to make way for the Commonwealth Games athletes. And with rents spiralling, many students are forced to stay in cramped accommodations.

Anti-ragging vigil as Delhi University opens Wednesday

NEW DELHI - The Delhi University is all set to open Wednesday with a semester system being introduced in the new academic session and strict measures in place to check ragging in all colleges.

More US pets receive high-tech medical care, and it sometimes leads to better care for humans

US pet owners paying for high-tech veterinary care