EDUCATION

Thousands of Americans gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Sunday to dedicate a memorial to the nation's foremost civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The ceremony was postponed from a date in August, due to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene.

Study shows trends in sexual activity in teenagers.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed the second half of the two-part California Dream Act on Saturday, which will make undocumented immigrant students in California eligible for state-funded financial aid for college.

New Muppet friend coming to Sesame Street to teach about hunger.

Study suggests that students who discuss their drinking habits on Facebook may have problems.

America has on its priority list to build its students' skills in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math, also known as STEM. But which schools are actually mastering teaching in these areas? The U.S. News & World Report for the first time released a list ranking math- and science-specific high schools.

University of Michigan to invest more than $70 million in sustainability initiatives.

Seven New York teenagers were arrested for participating in a cheating scheme that allegedly paid a college student thousands of dollars to impersonate as high school students and take the SAT for them.

The USDA has recalled 40,000 pounds of ground beef meant for school lunches in Georgia due to possible E. coli contamination.

Kolajo Afolabi, the Harvard graduate student who went missing on Wednesday, was found dead after suffering a fatal head injury during a morning run.

Study shows that teenagers who have frequent dinners with family less likely to do drugs.

Study shows that exercise may help teenagers quit smoking.

Nazca Lines, the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world are one of the mysteries to which man has still not found answer. Imprinted on the surface of the desert pampa sand are about 300 hundred figures made of straight lines, geometric shapes and pictures of animals and birds - and their patterns are only clearly visible from the air.

Researchers have discovered in the Middle East thousands of lines similar to the Nazca lines in Peru. The structures discovered in the desert are visible only from the air, and were never seen before. The discovery was made with the help of satellite-mapping technologies and an aerial photography program in Jordan.

Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a Staten Island couple who bled more than more than $2.5 million in government funds from a food program meant for financing nutritious meals for preschoolers.

The National Blue Ribbon School award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools based on students' academic excellence or for the schools' progress in closing achievement gaps, especially among disadvantaged and minority students

University of California tuition may increase by up to 16 percent each year for the next four years if the system doesn't get more state funding, according to a long-term budget plan released Wednesday.

The U.S. News and World Report's Rankings of the Best Colleges for 2011

Joshua Robb, 8, ran away from his school on Monday.

The latest top colleges list contains a lot of the usual suspects at the top -- schools with names most people would recognize; however, the broader field contained considerable ranking changes.

College-bound students and admissions officers, take note: U.S. News and World Report released its annual college rankings for 2012 on Tuesday, offering the latest snapshot of the higher-education hierarchy.

Academy of Natural Sciences discovers predatory fish fossil.

At least 75 bodies have been recovered after petrol that had spilled into an open sewer caught fire and sent a wave of flame through a densely populated slum in the Kenyan capital, police said on Monday.

According to the study done by the researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine, the medical schools spend very less time teaching students about the health issues facing the LGBT community.

Kansas State University has gone green, releasing EcoKat, the first eco-friendly college mascot, highly criticized by students.

The effects of Hurricane Irene have not been as dire as expected, but the storm did wreak havoc on universities throughout the Northeast, many of which shut down part or all of their campuses or postponed student move-in dates.

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said less importance given to computer science in the British education system is holding the country’s digital media economy.

Six schools in Louisa County will reopen the day after Labor Day.

The Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) has filed a lawsuit on Friday against the new law that prohibits teachers from being Facebook friends with their students.