Frontal Report - Education

Education

In posthumous message, Hawking says science under threat

Oct 15, 2018

Stephen Hawking has spoken from beyond the grave to warn that science and education are under threat around the world

Japan preschools using tablets to prep tots for digital age

Sep 26, 2018

Japan preschool programs use tablets to help prepare tots for the digital age

As MeToo unnerves China, a student fights to tell her story

Sep 3, 2018

A woman's challenges in trying to report sexual assault allegations show the determination of a new generation trying to push China into its own #MeToo movement

China police detain 46 after violent protest over schooling

Sep 2, 2018

Police in central China have detained 46 people who were part of a protest against a government plan to address overcrowded classrooms that escalated into violence

Japan opens Rugby World Cup stadium on 2011 tsunami site

Aug 20, 2018

Japan has opened a new stadium for the 2019 Rugby World Cup on the site of a school that was destroyed by a devastating tsunami in 2011

UK military academy probes waterboarding claim

Aug 18, 2018

Authorities at Britain's Sandhurst military academy say they are investigating allegations that two cadets waterboarded another at the officer-training school

Grime star Stormzy launches scholarship for black students

Aug 16, 2018

London rapper Stormzy is setting up a scholarship to help black students attend Britain's prestigious Cambridge University

US Olympian Katie Ledecky gives swim tips to Tokyo students

Aug 14, 2018

U.S. gold medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky has given swimming tips to Japanese elementary and junior high school students in Tokyo

Now with power to long rule China, Xi beset by challenges