Education

A science teacher from rural Kenya, who gives away most of his salary to support poorer pupils, has won a $1m prize (£760,000) for the world’s best teacher. Peter Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan […]

SMALL CLASSES ARE VERY popular with parents. Fewer kids in a room can mean more personal attention for their little ones. Teachers like them, too. Fewer kids means fewer tests to mark and fewer disruptions. Communities […]

Harvard University this year turned down more than 95% of those who applied. But what is a “fair” system for deciding who should be rejected and who should be the lucky few to get a […]

Iraq’s biggest university has entered the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the first time. The University of Baghdad, emerging from Iraq’s conflicts, has appeared in the rankings of the top 1,250 research universities around […]

IT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF the biggest back-to-school sales ever: a 36 percent drop in the advertised cost of a college education. That’s what awaited students this fall at Mills College, one of a growing […]

The government should drop a “misleading” statistic that suggests up to 1.9 million more pupils in England attend good or outstanding schools than in … Read More

Cambridge University says it needs the “support of schools and parents” to help increase the number of black British … Read More

A high school in Alabama is in a tough spot after grades were hacked, leaving the academic standing of students in….. (Read More)