EDUCATION

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan will open the London Asian Film Festival 2012 along with British comedian and writer Meera Sayal. The nine-day festival, hosted by Tongues on Fire, will be held in multiple venues in London from March 16 to 24.

Taylor Swift topped all music acts with earnings over $35 million, according to Billboard's Top 40 Money Makers list.

Stacie Halas, a science teacher at Richard B Haydock Intermediate School in Oxnard, was reportedly identified as porn star Tiffany Six by her students.

With the popularity of flesh-eating zombies rising, a school in Michigan has decided to take advantage of the peaked interest in students. Michigan State University is offering a social work class called Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse: Catastrophes & Human Behavior.

The number of black and Latino students admitted to one of New York City's elite high schools has increased by 14 percent since last year, according to recent statistics released by the Department of Education. Admittance to these specialized schools including institutions such as Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, the Bronx High School of Science and the High School of American Studies at Lehman College, is based on the results of a single standardized test distributed amongst prospective ...

Thousands of students marched in cities across Spain on Wednesday to protest the latest government austerity measures.

The teenager, who is believed to be behind a shooting Monday in a cafeteria of Chardon High School, Ohio, that killed one student and injured four others rarely spoke about his tumultuous family life.

The family of T.J. Lane, the teen suspected of opening fire in the cafeteria of a suburban Cleveland high school, killing one student and wounding four others in the Ohio shootings, has sent their condolences to the family of Daniel Parmertor, the slain student.

The death of Joanna Ramos, the young girl who died on Friday hours following an after-school fight, has been ruled a homicide by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. Coroner's Lt. Fred Corral on Monday told The Associated Press that the girl, who was reportedly 10 or 11 years old, died of blunt force trauma.

President Barack Obama reiterated that his support for post-high school education goes beyond four-year college degree programs.

The Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, a school founded by the tennis legend in Las Vegas, has been accused of racism by a fired teacher.

School Officials at Santaluces High School in Florida have increased the presence of police after two white female students posted a video making derogatory comments about their black classmates, according to reports by CBS News.

New York state education officials and the state's teacher unions made a deal for teacher evaluations hours before a deadline set by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

New York's state education department and teachers union reached a deal on Thursday over a system to evaluate educators, breaking an impasse that had imperiled nearly $1 billion in federal education aid.

A neuropathologist testified late Wednesday that Yeardley Love was probably smothered with her own pillow, perhaps by breathing into a wet, bloody pillow.

An elementary school teacher in Queens had her 5th grade students draw Christmas cards for her boyfriend in prison, according to the NY Daily News. Melissa Dean organized the holiday activity at Public School 143 in Corona because she thought it was a nice thing to do.

Four TCU football players were arrested along with 13 other students in a campus-wide drug bust. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the arrested players are defensive lineman D.J. Yendry, linebacker Tanner Brock, offensive tackle Tyler Horn and cornerback Devin Johnson.

A customer eating at the grease-fest known as the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas was rushed to a hospital on Saturday after suffering from, you guessed it, a heart attack.

Paul Withee, a high school football coach who posted a nude photo of himself on Facebook, resigned on Monday.

The prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) begins registration for its first free online course today. The school, which announced its online initiative MITx back in December, will allow students to take the electronics course, 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics at www.mix.mit.edu.

Kohl's Department Stores has introduced Kohl's Cares Scholarship Program which will award more than $420,000 in scholarships and prizes, ranging from $50 Kohl's gift cards to $10,000 scholarships, to more than 2,200 young volunteers who have made a positive impact on their communities.

Michelle Obama spiced things up in Dallas Friday as she judged a cooking competition with “Top Chef’s” host Tom Colicchio and White House chef Sam Kass.

President Barack Obama announced Thursday that 10 states have been exempted from certain requirements of the federal education law known as No Child Left Behind, allowing them the freedom to determine their own methods for raising education standards.

A teacher's aide at Miramonte Elementary has been accused of sending love letters to an 11-year-old boy. The woman, who has been identified as Areceli Luisjuan has sent at least three letters to the then-fourth-grader in 2009. One such letter read when you get close to me, even if you give me the chills I like that. Don't tell anybody about this! The letters were signed from Sad Girl but the mother of the student immediately discovered who the letters were truly from.

Stanford University researchers might have come up with the idea of making a electric car highway, in which magnetic fields could transmit electrical currents on highways, charging cars while they drive.

Martin Springer, 49, was hauled yesterday from his Los Angeles classroom and arrested on suspicion of fondling two girls over a three-year period.The latest incident follows the arrest of Mark Berndt, 61, a veteran third-grade instructor who was arrested on Monday and charged with 23 counts of lewd acts on children. He remained jailed on $23 million bail, officials said.

Susan G. Komen said Friday they wouldn't be cutting funds to Planned Parenthood after all, but supporters of the women's health organization are still giving generous donations.

Claremont McKenna College, a prestigious liberal arts school in California, has admitted inflating the SAT exam scores of students in order to boost its standing in national school rankings.

Almost every year, colleges accidentally send acceptance letters to students who never really got in. Apologies are usually immediate, but the emotional damage is already done.