Pensioner backs car on to pavement and ploughs into 11 pedestrians, including nine children, outside Los Angeles school.
Exam boards blamed for increasing grade ceiling resulting in many pupils scoring less marks.
Staff at Hands of Our Future daycare centre arrested for forcing 3-year-olds to fight.
Number of top grades falls, even though general pass rate rises for 30th year in a row.
Queen's granddaughter shines with degree result that puts the other members of royal family to shame.
It perplexed many people when Michael Gove announced plans to scrap GCSE's and replace them with old fashioned O-Level exams.
Though Israeli Arabs enjoy full citizenship rights, their representation in Israel's housing and job sectors is low.
Victims tested for HIV and hepatitis after 14-year-old boy attacked pupils at at Toot Hill secondary School, Bingham, Notts.
Six-year-old Lori Anne Madison from Virginia is the youngest speller on record to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this year. She will be competing with youngsters more than double her age as one of 278 spellers.
Top most universities in the world are predominantly in the US, while UK takes three of the top ten slots in the Times Higher Education’s list of the world’s top universities for 2011-2012.
More than 120 schoolgirls and three teachers have been rushed to hospital after a suspected deadly poison attack by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
This week sees the launch of the RSPCA’s big major charity fundraising push for 2012.
According to reports, students from 20 British universities are joining dating Web sites matching young women with older men, in an attempt to raise money to pay off student loans and other debts, including tuition fees of £9,000 and above.
40 per cent of the children surveyed did not know the UK is in Europe.
Evelyn Paswall, an 83-year old Queens woman, is suing Apple seeking $75,000 for medical expenses plus punitive damages totalling $1m, after smashing her nose against a glass wall at the Apple Store Manhassett on Long Island.
The inability of the US government, to take advantage of Apple's technological capabilities, seems to have been Jobs' major lament, according to the biography.
Reasons for expulsions include shabby dressing, not wearing proper uniform and weird hairstyle or nail colour.
Rean Carter, five, fed up with being mistaken for girl, has first haircut of life to raise money for charity.
British universities lose grip on global listings as Asian learning institutions climb table of top 100.
Encyclopaedia Britannica is going to discontinue its print editions and plans to go only on digital.
Thousands of students to join boycott against increasing educational fees.
'London Pictures' Portrays a New Face of London Featuring "Murder" and "Money"
Three staff members admit passing around teenage boy among themselves for sex.
Apple Claims Creation of 514,000 Jobs in US
Jordan Powers's mother claims that James Hooker left wife and children after grooming teenager.
Born This Way Foundation launched at Harvard University to empower young adults and help tackle bullying.
British Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced plans to set up a new film academy in the UK, to "train the next generation of film makers".
One in four university courses axed since 2006, according to University and College Union.
Parents will be fined if their children miss school exceeding the term-time.
Lionel and Ellen, Britain’s oldest married couple have joined Twitter to share the secret of their relationship and have invited users to tweet their problems.