WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- There is consensus in the education sector that the American school system must transition from one designed around an agrarian and industrial society to one that meets the demands of the knowledge economy.

BRUSSELS, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Every year at this time, members of Education International (EI) join with other trade unions and concerned citizens around the globe to mark the World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June. "Ten years ago, the international community adopted the landmark ILO Convention 182 on the worst forms of child labour.

By KATHRYN TORNEY PUPILS at a Northern Ireland school were sent home today after it was forced to close because of strike action by teachers.

By Fred Albert A new school year is filled with many new things. Students enter new grades and become acquainted with new classmates and new teachers. In every West Virginia public school, however, there will be something else new this school year.

By Judy Hale With the start of every school year, we get the obligatory rhetoric about the perceived failings of public education along with the railings against education personnel.