District of Columbia Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee was appointed two years ago to revamp and radically reform the D. C. public school system. Her unconventional, some would say illegal, policies have the teacher's union and the council up in arms.

Swindon Borough Council, in cooperation with the private sector, has made Swindon the first city in the UK to have free Internet access for all residents.

An annual report issued by the Institute of International Education shows a growing number of Chinese students are choosing American universities as the destination for their further education.

Google announced today in a press release that they will be providing free wireless internet to 47 U.S. airports now through January 15, 2010.

President Barack Obama apparently plans to turn our country into a socialist nation, forcing the rich to redistribute their wealth. I haven't received any of Tom Cruise's money yet.

Singer Shakira has set up the Barefoot Foundation to insure that every child has the right to a quality education. The program already has schools running in Shakira's native Columbia.

Last week 10 new courses were added to "Open Yale Courses." All lectures were recorded in the Yale College classroom as were presented to Yale College students and are available in video, audio, and text transcript format.

No country is free of “a woman’s problem,” be it full legal rights, maternity care, access to birth control, religious representation, political leadership, civil liberties, education opportunities, pay equality or protection from sexual violence.

From 2nd to 6th November free screenings in designated cinemas will be available to every student in Scotland. Welcome to the National Schools Film Week

The more schooling you undertake, the more you increase your possibility of getting a job, according to a new Canadian study. Every year of education increases the chance of re-employment by 2 to 3 percentage points.

October 26th, 2009, will mark the end of an era in free Internet web hosting for the users of the popular GeoCities service.

The Education Director of the Toronto District School Board, Chris Spence, is pushing for a public school for boys only. Perhaps an all-boys school would alleviate some of the pressure the boys feel and allow them to communicate more openly.

Aussie parents are now losing homes because of school fees. Kids can now have an education, but not a place to live. Australia’s idiotic approach to education and the realities of paying for education is one of the sickest jokes in our history.

According to the Department of Education's inspector general report that some of the stimulus money is not being used as instructed. Some states are using the money to replace lost money that they've cut from their budget.

Will the proposed plan for a longer school year or a federalized education system be a win for the children or just more spending waste?

A long-running newspaper, the London Evening Standard, has announced it will soon be available free of charge to its readers in the United Kingdom.

Microsoft confirmed today that the full version of its free anti-virus application, Security Essentials, will be released on Tuesday for download.

At a crucial time in Ontario's recovery from the recession, thousands of unemployed people are learning that they cannot access the retraining programs they were slated to start this fall.

Teachers' Day celebrated the gatekeepers of education recently in India. Find out what the teachers from B D Memorial Institute, Kolkata, India have to speak about Teachers' Day.

"The Wizard of Oz" is being shown for free on Netflix on Oct. 3, in celebration of the film's 70th anniversary. The film will be available through Netflix Inc.’s movie-streaming service.