Photo credit: P. Morgan The Chinese education system – with its long school days and tough discipline – tops global…
By Mitsuro Obe TOKYO—Japan is retooling its public universities, sacrificing liberal-arts programs in collaboration with a business community eager for…
Photo Credit: Artemas Liu Hundreds of students in Taiwan have stormed the education ministry, protesting against proposed changes to the…
Private schools are rapidly expanding in poor countries, raising debate on whether governments should support or deregulate affordable education options
Photo Credit: Walter Lim by Mark Thoma An issue that’s likely to arise in the debates leading up to the…
Photo credit: David Hawgood by Dr. Francis Collins When children enter the first grade, their brains are primed for learning…
by Branwen Jeffreys, Education Editor In Gothenburg’s main square I watch as a crowd of rowdy, happy teenagers pile out…
Photo credit: Agência Brasil by Julie Ruvolo Brazilian startup Descomplica (“Uncomplicate”) has raised an $8 million Series B to build an education entertainment company…
by Jon Grinspan EACH summer, when school ends, education mostly stops short, too. But it hasn’t always been that way.…
by Stephanie Gleason Students of the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges Inc. who have defaulted on loan payments to the Education Department…