Today at 10:45:08 - Schools in Germiston are bracing for more disruptions after protesters forced some schools to lock themselves in or evacuate the premises.

Today at 09:10:37 - Matric pupils at Cape Town schools say they don't know when they will write their preliminary exams and if they will be prepared to write their finals next month.

02/09/2010 at 08:27:54 - A chemical laboratory at the University of the Cape Town was damaged when a fire broke out, SABC radio news reported.

01/09/2010 at 13:01:16 - Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has called for changes in labour legislation that will limit the rights of teachers to strike.

01/09/2010 at 12:49:27 - Sadtu members participating in the ongoing public service strike have tried - without success - to disrupt teaching at Bramley Primary School in Joburg.

12/08/2010 at 08:02:57 - The South African National Senior Certificate (NSC) and its curriculum are on par with international standards and are favourable when compared to other international qualifications.

11/08/2010 at 08:10:51 - The Cape Town-based African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), a postgraduate academic institution, is to be the model for three maths training centres on the continent.

18/07/2010 at 11:45:15 - Teachers across the country have welcomed the roll out of the Teacher Laptop Initiative (TLI), saying they were looking forward to sharing ideas, learning from each other and improving the quality of ...

14/07/2010 at 09:44:36 - After months of deliberations and planning by the Department of Basic Education, the Teacher Laptop Initiative (TLI) is set to be rolled out this week with a key focus on teacher training and deve ...

03/05/2010 at 08:33:15 - A new bursary scheme from the Michael Susan Dell Foundation is working to increase the number of university graduates in South Africa by giving up to 500 underprivileged students the opportunity t ...

Today at 18:20:04 - Clark County (Nev.) district uses federal aid to boost hiring

02/09/2010 at 19:20:06 - Temporary spaces help Montgomery County build schools District has five "holding facilities" that serve as swing space during construction

02/09/2010 at 19:20:06 - Ohio State University hopes new hiring policies will boost campus safety Planned changes come after a dismissed university employee killed two of his bosses

01/09/2010 at 21:20:13 - GPS system tracks whether students are riding buses Illinois district uses technology to boost security

01/09/2010 at 21:20:13 - Students run high-end guesthouse near Loyola University Officials say Flats at Loyola Station project is the first of its kind

Today at 16:10:00 -   HP today enhanced its portfolio of mini notebook PCs with new products that span consumer, business and education markets

Today at 16:05:00 - While I spent a great deal of time online, even more than my own kids, they always seem to keep me in touch with the latest YouTube phenomenas.

Today at 10:00:00 - Learn about the science of music at this clever site. Activities include writing, mixing, and experimenting with music, videos that explain tuning, stepping (or rhythmic movement), instrument building ...

02/09/2010 at 22:35:00 - AssistiveWare® today announced the release of Proloquo2Go™ 1.4 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

02/09/2010 at 14:00:00 - Brain mapping and other ultra-specialized technologies are answering long-held questions and dispelling persistent myths about how teenagers learn.

02/09/2010 at 10:00:00 - Take a fascinating look at the Atlantic Sea Turtles (Green, Leatherback, Loggerhead, and Kemp's ridley), all of which are threatened or endangered. Join researchers as they track migration, investigat ...

Today at 12:20:13 - The editors of the Teachers College announce the yearbook topics for 2010 and issue a call for new proposals.

Today at 12:20:13 - This article examines the American Montessori movement from its failed introduction in the United States in 1911, to its rebirth in 1960, to its current resurgence as a time-tested alternative to trad ...

01/09/2010 at 02:20:26 - In light of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on two racial integration cases from Louisville, Kentucky, and Seattle, Washington, the authors explore the mismatch between the rationale of the Court's ma ...

27/08/2010 at 20:20:13 - This article critiques the content of a popular professional development program for educators developed by Ruby Payne that focuses on children and families living in poverty. We found Payne's claims ...

Today at 03:00:00 - The vice-chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton is to retire next summer as she feels it is "time to do something else" after 40 years of full-time work.

02/09/2010 at 03:00:00 - Seventh annual survey draws on robust new methodology and 13 performance indicators. Phil Baty reports

02/09/2010 at 03:00:00 - On the eve of the Reformation, Lucy Wooding is struck by the evidence of popular piety

02/09/2010 at 03:00:00 - I have been visiting professor at the University of Queensland, Australia, several times in the past few years and have taught in different universities in Europe and elsewhere. I simply do not recogn ...

02/09/2010 at 03:00:00 - Alex Danchev takes a thrilling ride that immerses the reader in the work of Caravaggio but bypasses his infamous personal life

Today at 02:09:00 - AutoCAD is coming back to the Mac, and this time it will be free. The archetypal computer aided drafting program from Autodesk, which for more than a decade has been available only on Windows operatin ...

02/09/2010 at 22:55:00 - Working with the district's IT department, a high school in Florida has switched over to electronic textbooks for the 2010-2011 school year in an effort to increase student learning opportunities and ...

02/09/2010 at 22:19:00 - High-stakes assessments don't look to be going away anytime soon, but the form they take may be changing. The United States Department of Education Thursday awarded two grants to "move beyond narrowly ...

02/09/2010 at 18:35:00 - In its never-ending effort to take both academia and modern technology down a peg, Shmoop, publisher of irreverent study aids for several academic subjects, has launched a catalog of 500 self-assessme ...

02/09/2010 at 04:24:00 - Microsoft received a "strong positive" rating in a study of e-mail system vendors by Gartner, which was released in mid-August.

02/09/2010 at 17:00:00 - THE fall in international student commencements accelerated in July as numbers from India plummeted with the crackdown on student visa fraud.

31/08/2010 at 17:00:00 - ALMOST half of Australia's universities expect to over-enrol this year.

31/08/2010 at 17:00:00 - A MINI-EDUCATION revolution talked up by independent MP Rob Oakeshott could be tried elsewhere in regional Australia.

31/08/2010 at 17:00:00 - LA Trobe University vice-chancellor Paul Johnson has set a target of having 40 per cent of staff participating in a proposed volunteering scheme.

31/08/2010 at 17:00:00 - A QUALITY audit of a gestalt therapy training company has highlighted the need for a national regulator with teeth.

31/08/2010 at 17:00:00 - AUSTRALIA needs an independent classification body to make tough decisions on 'what is what' and 'who is who', education policy expert Simon Marginson has urged.

31/08/2010 at 14:18:58 - Loading the Dice Teachers are facing unprecedented demands as they start this new academic year. Falling state tax revenues have led to education budget cuts that state legislators feel can only be ea ...

10/08/2010 at 01:55:52 - Language Magazine would like to reaffirm its commitment to the promotion of linguistic diversity as well as the preservation and reactivation of endangered languages on this day, August 9, the Interna ...

01/07/2010 at 01:18:25 - Cutting to the Core When lawmakers dictate curricula, the natural reaction from educators is to reject this top down approach which seeks to homogenize the lives of children without possibly taking in ...

21/06/2010 at 00:19:41 - Assistant Editor Kate Sommers-Dawes continues her reports from Spain: Had the most thrilling day today (my first day alone, as the journalist group left this morning). I awoke with no plan except to f ...

20/06/2010 at 01:59:48 - Assistant Editor Kate Sommers-Dawes is in Spain today (El Día del Español) and writes: Had an outstanding tour of Malaga today after visiting Malaca Language School in the hills surrounding the city w ...

24/08/2010 at 18:53:00 - The chaos afflicting university entrance may have a domino effect on further education, a union has warned.

20/08/2010 at 02:00:00 - Over 275,000 students who applied to enter university this year are yet to secure a place, latest figures show.

19/08/2010 at 18:00:00 - Higher education minister David Willetts has dismissed the perennial 'dumbing-down' debate following yet another year of improvements in A-level scores.

17/08/2010 at 02:00:00 - The government could save money by paying employers to take on disadvantaged young people as interns, a thinktank has claimed.

16/08/2010 at 02:00:00 - Around 3,500 A-level students with straight-As will not get into university this year, higher education minister David Willetts has warned.

13/08/2010 at 02:01:00 - David Willetts has underlined the coalition's interest in a graduate tax, after a survey suggested the average student's final debt now stands at £16,614.

Today at 18:20:04 - The Los Angeles Unified School District board has endorsed the controversial system of using student scores on standardized tests as a way to measure teacher performance.

02/09/2010 at 18:20:13 - The Colorado Attorney General's Office informed the state board of education that breaching the controversial shroud of secrecy that drapes teacher arrest records maintained by the state constitutes a ...

02/09/2010 at 18:20:13 - Washington state's schools chief suspended the teaching certificate of a teacher who was convicted of inappropriately touching girls and then was brought back into the classroom after a short suspensi ...

31/08/2010 at 19:20:13 - Parents pulled their children out of class and protested outside a Washington state school Monday, the day a teacher convicted of inappropriately touching female students was scheduled to return to wo ...

30/08/2010 at 21:20:12 - In the decade since cyber charter schools first opened to Pennsylvania students, turning on a computer instead of hopping on the bus has just ..clicked.