Al Jazeera English
| Mar 28, 2013
Thousands of teachers in the third-largest US city of Chicago are protesting against plans to shut down schools in poor neighborhoods. The city's council said the closures are needed to plug a $1bn dollar budget gap. Critics of Chicago Mayor Rahm ...
Al Jazeera English
| Sep 11, 2012
Thousands of teachers have gone on strike in Chicago in a dispute over long-standing issues, including the privatization of public schools across the US. They say they are being attacked by the policies of both the Democrats and the Republicans. S...
Al Jazeera English
| Sep 8, 2012
A controversial plan by Hong Kong's government to force all schools to teach pro-China classes by 2015 has been scrapped. The government now says schools have the option to decide whether to teach the courses. Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports.
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| Nov 15, 2012
November 8th was the most important day in the lives of every high school senior in South Korea. How they perform on the country's version of the SAT will determine their futures. MBC reports from Seoul on the chaotic day.
Terrorists in Pakistan target girls' education again -- this time killing a teacher. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.