EDUCATION

India's economy grew at its slowest in a decade and the government is struggling to contain a severe deficit problem ahead of an election year.

An app launched Wednesday in the Apple iTunes store that uses the Internet’s love of cats to help teach Spanish

Retired guidance counselor Estella Pyform’s Brilliant Bus provides technology resources for residents in need throughout Palm Beach County, Fla.

Joshua Hathaway was identified as the student who was shot by school police at Liberty University after an alleged altercation.

A conservative group in Austin canceled a planned "catch an illegal immigrant" event after widespread backlash.

When paired with a board game, a certain kind of counting method can improve a child's understanding of numbers, researchers say.

The CDC recommended the vaccination after seven people on campus were diagnosed with meningococcal disease since March.

When you calculate the cost of college after need and merit aid, which private colleges have the best value?

With less than a day remaining before Twitter's hotly anticipated IPO, here's a roundup of the highest-grossing American public offerings.

A Canadian school’s new “no touching” policy, which bans its kindergartners from playing tag or holding hands, angered parents who said the “zero tolerance policy” goes too far.

Conservatives say an unruly protest at Brown University is indicative of liberal intolerance on college campuses. Critics counter that Ray Kelly’s lecture was tantamount to an endorsement of stop and frisk.

Space law may rescue law school students from a bleak job market and send law firms' revenue rocketing higher.

Wharton is now offering free online versions of it's core MBA classes, but the experience isn't quite the same.

The identity of the murder victim who was stabbed at Spring High School is unknown. A 16-year-old boy was one of the two people wounded.

For Pakistani doctors the financial lure of working in Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Middle Eastern states is simply too tempting to pass up.

Investors will sift through economic data and chatter that the Fed's stimulus tapering may be accelerated.

NASA has kicked off phase two of its attempt to revive its out of commission Kepler telescope. The planet-hunting observatory has been shut down since May when it began having problems with its positioning system.

Brazil is the emerging market country with perhaps the greatest economic potential - if it can get the higher education equation right.

A misleading translation of a Chinese high school student's political essay has gone viral in Western media. Was it bravery or just bad writing?

From reenactments to a full events schedule, here is everything you need to know about the Gettysburg 150th anniversary weekend

A recent report revealed that there are at least 100 unaccredited institutions in China that can’t legally issue degrees.

But the No. 1 smartest city is the U.S. is on the West Coast.

Harold H. Birch Vocational School in Providence R.I., that caters to developmentally disabled students allegedly forced students to perform manual labor for little to no pay, violating the Americans with Disabilities Act

By 2020 half of China's college graduates will not be able to find white-collar jobs suited for their education.

None of the injuries sustained in the Nyack College explosion were considered life-threatening.

Sophia Moss, a 5-year-old Louisiana kindergarten student, read 875 books during this school year.

Tuition fees and living costs for international students in Australia have soared by 166 percent over the past decade.

Some elements in French society are appalled at the idea of teaching courses in English since they fear it will further erode French culture and identity.

The 212 presidents at the 191 public research institutions earned median total compensation of $441,392, a 4.7 percent increase.