Petitioners accuse government of breaking law by funding institutions allegedly not teaching core subjects; ultra-Orthodox ...

The High Court of Justice has issued an order temporarily blocking the transfer of some NIS 1 billion ($314 million) to ultra-Orthodox schools that are accused of not teaching the core curriculum ...

The U.S. Senate draft of the rewritten No Child Left Behind Act adds writing, music, computer science, technology, and physical education to the list of disciplines it defines as “core academic ...

Eighteen private Jewish schools run by New York City's politically powerful Hasidic community deprived thousands of students the required secular education in English, math, science and social studies ...

In their recent Commentary “The Productivity Imperative” (Jan. 7, 2009), Marguerite Roza, Dan Goldhaber, and Paul T. Hill suggest that schools could get better bang for their budget buck if they cut ...

In late February, students at dozens of high schools across the country participated in the first round of an international competition in economics. The top five American students will travel to ...

The optimising measures for the four senior secondary core subjects of Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics and Citizenship & Social Development in lieu of Liberal Studies, will be ...

A majority of U.S. college graduates don’t know the length of a congressional term, what the Emancipation Proclamation was, or which Revolutionary War general led the American troops at Yorktown. The ...

When pupils in England return to school, music and other ‘non-core’ subjects could be temporarily dropped from the curriculum to allow time for catch-up in English and maths. Leaked government plans ...