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The abolition of GCSEs and a return to the leaving certificate of the 1950s would stop the academic rot, writes Ken Boston.

By SAM DILLON - The Department of Education, preparing to give hundreds of millions of dollars in grants, estimated how long it should take each state to prepare its proposal: 681 hours.

Two students collected 217 samples they encountered daily and found mislabeled food and at least one surprise: hot dogs actually made of beef.

Crowded classrooms mean fewer student needs are met, they say

Gov. David Paterson is calling on school districts to dip into their multimillion-dollar reserve accounts to soften the blow of budget cuts.

The title of the blue, orange and white artwork -- a combination of paint and broken glass on canvas -- is "I Will Survive."

Florida is taking part in a high-stakes competition with the other 49 states to bring up to $700 million in national education funding to the state.

School mergers might divide neighbors or drain the life out of towns left without schools, but they don't hurt students, new University of Northern Iowa research shows.

In what appeared to be a diplomatic gesture by the Democratic Party of Japan, a new instruction manual for high school social studies classes does not mention the territorial dispute with South Korea over the Takeshima islets.

Gov. Haley Barbour is recommending a 68 percent cut to gifted, special and vo-tech education programs - a move that would result in a loss of $176 million in federal funds

New South Wales private schools' annual fees will hit $26,000 a year and the Independent Schools Association says it is the highest fees have ever been.

When two Brookhollow Elementary School kindergartners ran to the food cart, oohing and aahing over the offerings, they weren't eyeing dessert. The girls were giddy about the selection of watermelon and other fruits and veggies.

Deputy Prime Minister and Education and Training Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said December 25 that government spending on education would increase in 2010.