Egyptian flood kills girls on bus

Fifteen people, mostly schoolgirls, were drowned when a school bus was swept off the road by flood waters caused by torrential rain, Egyptian police say…. From BBC News. Full story

Egypt flood waters kill 15 on bus

Fifteen people were drowned when a school bus was swept off the road by flood waters caused by torrential rain, Egyptian police say…. From BBC News. Full story

Degree funds for troops’ children

The government details a university scholarship scheme for children of British servicemen and women from England, Scotland and Wales killed on active duty…. From BBC News. Full story

Notorious Indian murder case shut

The investigation into the 2008 murder of a well-known dentist’s schoolgirl daughter is closed by authorities in India for lack of evidence…. From BBC News. Full story

Are baby boomers hypocrites?

The baby boomer generation enjoyed a free education, but one 65-year-old feels that it is unfair to be accused of hypocrisy over the rise in tuition fees…. From BBC News. Full story

School boards call to save cash

A teaching union says education boards, rather than councils, could run schools and manage education provision to save money…. From BBC News. Full story

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Hughes defends new education role

A senior Lib Dem who abstained from the vote on tuition fees is appointed by the government to help encourage poorer teenagers to go to university…. From BBC News. Full story

Hughes appointed to education job

A senior Lib Dem who abstained from the vote on tuition fees is appointed by the government to help encourage poorer teenagers to go to university…. From BBC News. Full story

Hughes in higher education role

The deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, Simon Hughes, is set to be appointed as a so-called "special advocate" for access to education…. From BBC News. Full story

Sri Lanka anthem row resurfaces

Tamil politicians in Sri Lanka have criticised a decision to make schoolchildren in the northern town of Jaffna sing the national anthem in Sinhala…. From BBC News. Full story

1m children ‘without computers’

More than a million school children lack computer access, research suggests…. From BBC News. Full story

US east coast hit by winter storm

A winter storm has caused disruption along the east coast of the United States, forcing many airports to cancel flights…. From BBC News. Full story

3D vision for classrooms

Body organs appear to fly at pupils in biology classes with 3d study aids at Reading’s Abbey School…. From BBC News. Full story

Free book funding ‘U-turn’ claim

Labour leader Ed Miliband accuses the coalition government of performing a partial U-turn over free book funding…. From BBC News. Full story

Free book funding ‘will continue’

The government insists it is not ending all its funding for a charity that gives free books to children, after leading writers spoke out about its future…. From BBC News. Full story

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Government defends free books cut

The government insists it is not ending all its funding for a charity that gives free books to children, after leading writers spoke out about its future…. From BBC News. Full story

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Writers condemn children book cut

Leading writers condemn a government decision to withdraw funding from a charity that provides free books to children to encourage reading…. From BBC News. Full story

Futuristic Robot Comes to Life in Virginia Lab

Virginia Tech students build the nation’s first full-sized, autonomous walking humanoid robot… From VOA. Full story

Urban violence

Londoners learn peace skills from war-torn Burundi… From BBC News. Full story

Pakistani boy fights UK deportation

A Pakistan-born school pupil is appealing to the UK government in a last attempt to avoid deportation when he turns 18 on Christmas Day…. From BBC News. Full story

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Schoolboy sets new Indian record

Cricketer Armaan Jaffer, 13, sets the record for the highest score by a schoolboy in India…. From BBC News. Full story

Concern at nursery teaching staff

A teaching union claims that Scotland’s nursery teachers are being replaced by staff with lesser skills on lower pay…. From BBC News. Full story

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Yule school: Training wannabe Santas

Wookey Hole’s Santaland in Somerset holds an annual Santa Training School for dozens of wannabe stand-ins for the great man…. From BBC News. Full story

65m pledged for school sports

The government is to spend 65m on competitive sports in schools in England despite ministers previously stating they wanted to scrap the Schools Sports Partnership…. From BBC News. Full story

School Report meets the stars at Sports Personality

School Reporters Omari and Sukhpeet meet David Beckham, Freddie Flintoff and a host of top stars as they go backstage at the Sports Personality of the Year awards…. From BBC News. Full story