http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with educational and reference news that matters en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220247,philippine-education-minister-backs-mobile-phone-ban-in-schools.html Manila - The Philippines' education minister Monday expressed support for a proposed law totally banning mobile telephones in schools nationwide. Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said a total ban on mobile phones would help students concentrate more o... Education,General Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:15:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220247,philippine-education-minister-backs-mobile-phone-ban-in-schools.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/218566,german-polish-foreign-ministers-hand-out-school-certificates.html Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski handed out school-leaving certificates at the German town of Loecknitz on the border with Poland Saturday. The school, which conducts classes in bot... Education,General Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:47:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/218566,german-polish-foreign-ministers-hand-out-school-certificates.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/217435,abstinence-programmes-confusing-us-teenagers--feature.html Washington - As if adolescence wasn't hard enough. In the US, many teenagers are growing up sexually confused by the conflicting messages of abstinence-only education programmes promoted by the religious right and the administration of President Geor... Education,General Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:16:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/217435,abstinence-programmes-confusing-us-teenagers--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/216136,italian-minister-only-one-third-of-roma-children-attend-school.html Rome - Some 23,000, or around two-thirds of Roma children living in Italy, fail to attend any form of schooling, Italy's Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini, said Tuesday. Gelmini remarks followed a stinging attack by a major Italian Catholic week... Education,General Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:47:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/216136,italian-minister-only-one-third-of-roma-children-attend-school.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/215777,preparation-for-the-first-day-of-school-plenty-of-physical-activity.html Munich - Parents ask themselves a lot of questions before their child's first day of school: How will my child handle this new chapter in life? Is my child fit enough for the school routine? How robust should he or she be?In Germany, preliminary answ... Education,General Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:11:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/215777,preparation-for-the-first-day-of-school-plenty-of-physical-activity.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/214312,berlin-students-forced-to-resit-maths-finals.html Berlin - Some 28,000 10th grade students in Berlin were forced to resit their final mathematics test on Monday after details of the original examination were leaked in advance. Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into how pupils came i... Education,General Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:27:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/214312,berlin-students-forced-to-resit-maths-finals.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/213350,news -catholic-church-and-academics-battle-over-university--feature.html Berlin - A power struggle reached a climax this week between the Catholic Church and academics at the German speaking-world's sole Catholic university, raising questions about whether faith and scholarship can get along with one another. The Catholic... Education,General Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:25:09 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/213350,news -catholic-church-and-academics-battle-over-university--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/211763,girls-fare-better-in-maths-in-countries-where-women-are.html Florence, Italy - Girls are better than boys in reading, but they also can keep up with boys in mathematics when the genders are on a more equal footing in their native countries, according to research published in the journal Science. The data came ... Education,General Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:11:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/211763,girls-fare-better-in-maths-in-countries-where-women-are.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/211097,czech-teachers-school-employees-strike-over-salaries.html Prague - More than a half of the Czech Republic's elementary and secondary schools Monday took part in a nationwide strike for higher salaries, the teachers' trade union said. More than 130,000 teachers and school employees at nearly 6,000 schools jo... Education,General Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:14:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/211097,czech-teachers-school-employees-strike-over-salaries.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/209026,germany-and-turkey-to-build-joint-university-in-istanbul.html Berlin - Ali Babacan, the Turkish foreign minister, signed a contract in Berlin on Friday to establish a German-language university in the Turkish city of Istanbul. The university, part of the Turkish state system, is planned to have faculties of law... Education,General Fri, 30 May 2008 10:44:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/209026,germany-and-turkey-to-build-joint-university-in-istanbul.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/208880,girls-smarter-given-equal-opportunity.html Rome - Little girls may be made of sugar and spice and all things nice, but they almost always grow up to trump boys in reading skills and, given equal opportunity, can also match males' ability at maths, a new study suggests. Italian and US research... Education,General Thu, 29 May 2008 17:01:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/208880,girls-smarter-given-equal-opportunity.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/208524,three-injured-in-greek-student-protests-against-reforms.html Athens - Three people were injured on Wednesday following clashes between rival student unions outside a university in the Greek capital in protest of education reforms, reports said. Police said a group of students hurled rocks and petrol bombs at o... Education,General Wed, 28 May 2008 14:00:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/208524,three-injured-in-greek-student-protests-against-reforms.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/208254,schools-out-for-millions-of-polish-children-as-teachers-strike.html Warsaw - Millions of Polish schoolchildren had a day off school Tuesday as teachers throughout the country went on strike. Half of all schools had no classes, a spokesman from the Ministry for National Education said in Warsaw. ... Education,General Tue, 27 May 2008 14:42:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/208254,schools-out-for-millions-of-polish-children-as-teachers-strike.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/208075,singapore-private-school-to-open-campus-in-uzbekistan.html Singapore - A private school in Singapore plans to open its first overseas campus in August in the capital of Uzbekistan, backers said Tuesday. The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) is setting up shop in the city of Tashkent. ... Education,General Tue, 27 May 2008 01:44:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/208075,singapore-private-school-to-open-campus-in-uzbekistan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200413,brown-urges-action-on-moral-issue-of-education.html Washington - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday urged world leaders to help get children in the developing world an education, calling it a moral issue that could also bring countries out of poverty. I want us to become the first genera... Education,General Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:53:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200413,brown-urges-action-on-moral-issue-of-education.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200196,half-of-hong-kong-students-admit-to-bullying-at-school.html Hong Kong - Five out of 10 young people in Hong Kong have admitted to bullying peers at school, a survey published Monday found. The Playgrounds Association said half the 883 young people aged 6 to 24 questioned in the survey confessed to bullying wi... Education,General Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:40:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200196,half-of-hong-kong-students-admit-to-bullying-at-school.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/199554,spaniard-82-gains-13th-university-degree.html Madrid - Spaniard Jose Luis Iborte Baque has literally spent his life studying, earning 13 university degrees, including three doctorates, between the ages of 19 and 82, the daily El Mundo reported Thursday. A philosophy graduate at 19, Iborte, now 8... Education,General Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:42:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/199554,spaniard-82-gains-13th-university-degree.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198375,vatican-blocks-appointment-of-german-university-chief.html Eichstaett, Germany - The Vatican, which has a veto power, has blocked the appointment of a new chief executive at a Catholic university in Germany, the University of Eichstaett said Friday. Without Rome's approval, Ulrich Hemel, 51, cannot take over... Education,General Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:00:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198375,vatican-blocks-appointment-of-german-university-chief.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196757,foundation-stone-laid-for-new-college-of-jewish-studies-in.html Heidelberg, Germany - The foundation stone was laid Friday for a new building to house the College of Jewish Studies in the German university town of Heidelberg. The college is a meeting place for Jewish and non-Jewish Germans, said Guenter Oetting... Education,General Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:12:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196757,foundation-stone-laid-for-new-college-of-jewish-studies-in.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196223,campus-casanova-law-professor-jailed-in-doctorates-scandal.html Hildesheim, Germany - A professor of law at a German university was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for receiving money from students wanting to obtain doctorates. A court in the city of Hildesheim found the 53-year-old guilty on 68 c... Education,General Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:22:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196223,campus-casanova-law-professor-jailed-in-doctorates-scandal.html