Shabait.com (All Africa) - Staff Writer

“The endeavors being exerted to expand educational opportunities in all parts of the country and upgrade the quality of the curriculum are bearing fruitful outcome, according to Mr. Yasin Mohammed, head of the Education Ministry’s branch in the Northern Red Sea region.”(more)

The Star - Louise Brown

“Now there’s another kind of prowess achieved by women in their 40s that men peak at earlier in life. Math.”(more)

Associated Press (Kansas City Star) - Donna Gordon Blankinship

“Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform – and more rigorous – standards Wednesday as draft new national guidelines were released.”(more)

The New York Times - Sam Dillon

“One of the world’s foremost experts on comparing national school systems told lawmakers on Tuesday that many other countries were surpassing the United States in educational attainment, including Canada, where he said 15-year-old students were, on average, more than one school year ahead of American 15-year-olds.”(more)

BBC - Staff Writer

“More schools are being judged inadequate under a new inspection regime, figures from England’s schools watchdog Ofsted show.”(more)

Hindustan Times - Staff Writer

“Over 500 students have been selected for jobs and another 415 shortlisted in varied sectors across 58 colleges during this year’s recruitment drive by the Central Placement Cell (CPC) of Delhi University.”(more)

China Daily - Qian Yanfeng

“For Anne-Mette Winther Christiansen, the first vice-chairperson of the Danish Parliament’s education committee, the highlight of her first trip to China was to make it inside the Great Hall of the People, where she and her colleagues attended briefly the annual Chinese legislative meeting and got a glimpse of the country’s political system.”(more)

The San Diego Union-Tribune - Maureen Magee

“Five San Diego County schools were identified by the state yesterday as chronically low-performing, and they could be forced to undergo drastic reforms or shut down.”(more)

The San Francisco Chronicle - Jill Tucker

“Across California, 188 schools got the news Monday that they were the lowest of the low-performing schools – a designation that will require them to be closed, converted to a charter school or be subject to a complete overhaul of instruction and staff, starting with the principal.”(more)

The Commercial Appeal - Phil West

“House members approved legislation Tuesday that would create 12 Mississippi charter schools, one in each congressional district, which would be established only if parents of children attending the existing schools ask for it.”(more)