The passing of a bill in Turkey allowing parents to move their children into Islamic schools earlier prompts scuffles in parliament.

China's cabinet has published a school bus safety regulation after a series of deadly crashes sparked public anger across the nation.

Spanking in school, usually with a wooden or fiber glass paddle, is still allowed by law in 19 states. For the second year in a row, a Florida lawmaker is trying to ban corporal punishment in schools there, and a mother, Tenika Jones, is suing after her son was paddled.

A law school graduate is suing his student loan lenders saying they were in a "scheme" to collect additional interest from student loan borrowers. Justin Kuehn, 29, a graduate of George Washington University Law School, is accusing Citibank, Discover and the Student Loan Corporation of "deceiving" borrowers into believing that their monthly payments had been reduced because of an interest rate reduction when the payment toward the principal had just been lowered.