American students struggle to catch up
202948
Fourth- and eighth-grade American students still have work to do to catch up with their counterparts in Asian countries in math and science, international school officials reported Tuesday.
725505
Students who rely on all-nighters to bring up their grades might want to sleep on that strategy: A new survey says those who never study all night have slightly higher GPAs than those who do
473970
For some college students, the hardest part about studying abroad wasn't adjusting to life in a foreign country. It was coming home.
167648
As sports becomes a measure of success in America, young athletes are training ever harder.
623803
With her first child headed for college this fall and two more soon to follow, Carol Wright was lost. Campus tours, applications, financial aid forms, transcripts, SAT scores, class planning &#151; and that was just the beginning.
296983
America&#39;s students are back to school, but it seems they have yet to learn their lesson about file sharing. Despite the efforts of digital music services, record
743363
U.S. eighth-grade students are improving in science and math compared with international peers, but the nation's fourth-graders have stagnant scores and are slipping behind in both subjects, according to a study of achievement across the globe.
449340
The Americans have run out of explanations, but not excuses.
410197
The American Studies program at the University of Tehran is a bold experiment in a nation locked in bitter confrontation with the United States &#151; at a school where chants of "Death to America!" still punctuate Friday prayers.
190180
American eighth-grade students have made gains in math and science compared with their worldwide counterparts, but performance at the fourth-grade level appears to have reached a plateau, according to a major international study released yesterday.
255262
There are worries about the economic consequences of a decline in students taking science subjects.
36221
American eighth-graders improved their math and science scores on an international test last year, but fourth-graders&#39; scores were flat and all students
673315
Community colleges are being deluged with hundreds of thousands of students unprepared for college-level work.
356793
The American system of higher education, long the envy of the world, is starting to become an important export.
298539
Americaâs already stratified system of higher education is becoming ever more so, and the chasm is creating all sorts of tensions as the less wealthy colleges try to compete.
286119
Education and business leaders urged an overhaul of the U.S. school system, including ending high school at the 10th grade for many students. Current teaching is failing to prepare young Americans for the global economy, members of a bipartisan panel said Thursday.
31634
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - High school students in the United States say they are bored in class and many have considered dropping out, according to a new survey.