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It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011.

Canada is now the global leader in higher education among young adults, report shows.

States that adopt the standards by Aug. 2 win points in the Obama administration’s Race to the Top competition for a share of the $3.4 billion to be awarded in September.

A high school sex education teacher has admitted moonlighting - as a porn star. Benedict Garrett had been outed as a stripper after pupils stumbled upon a website promoting his services as 'Johnny Anglais'. But now it has emerged that on top of his stripping routines, he also films sex scenes for titles such as European Honeyz 4....

The report documents a growing stratification of wealth across America’s system of higher education.

Giving teens 30 extra minutes to start their school day leads to more alertness in class, better moods, less tardiness, and even healthier breakfasts, a small study found.

"The results were stunning. There's no other word to use," said Patricia Moss, academic dean at the Rhode Island boarding school where the study was done. "We didn't think we'd get that much bang for the buck."

Sixteen schools in South Carolina are on the 2010 Newsweek magazine list of America's Best High Schools, an annual ranking of the top public high schools in the nation based on rigorous course offerings and how all students perform in those courses.

The retailer is joining with a Web-based university to give employees tuition reductions and credits from work.

The nation’s governors and state school chiefs released final recommendations for what students should master in English and math.

Study shows reading scores improve when kids get a stack of 12 books at the end of the school year.