Transport Canada looks to make seat belts mandatory on school buses

OTTAWA — Seat belts could soon become mandatory on school buses in Canada under proposed regulations now out for review. In an online notice, Transport Canada...

Author: Sanction college students who shouted down my speech

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. –An author of a book discussing racial differences in intelligence who was shouted down by protesters at Middlebury College when he gave a guest...

DepEd to provide solar-powered computers to public schools with no electricity

MANILA –The Department of Education (DepEd) is set to distribute computer packages and solar panels to about 6,000 elementary and secondary public schools in areas without...

Alberta announces cut in school fees in throne speech of spring sitting

EDMONTON—The Alberta government says its first job of the spring sitting of the legislature will be to cut school fees. The government revealed proposed legislation in...

Gatchalian confident of passage of free tuition in SUCs bill

MANILA –Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday expressed confidence that the bill seeking free tuition fees in all state universities and colleges (SUCs) will be passed despite...

DepEd includes private schools in field trips policy review

Enhanced library experience soon at DOST

MANILA—Generation Xers will have to stow their library cards and Millennials will soon go beyond online access as the Department of Science and Technology gears up...

Oprah Winfrey to speak at upstate NY college commencement

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—Oprah Winfrey will be a speaker at the graduation ceremony for an upstate New York college that some graduates of her South African school...

DepEd to issue moratorium on field trips

MANILA—The Department of Education (DepEd) will issue a moratorium on educational tours in all public elementary and secondary schools until June, following the tragic bus accident...

Extracurricular activities are now up to teachers, education minister says

HALIFAX –It will be up to Nova Scotia teachers to decide whether they participate in extracurricular activities as they adjust to a contract imposed on them...