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Educators in New Hampshire say the state's approval of a financial literacy course by conservative nonprofit PragerU spells trouble for public schools. PragerU describes itself as "an alternative to the left-wing ideology...in education." Its "Cash Course" requires students to watch a series of videos and pass a multiple-choice test for school credit. Megan Tuttle, president of the National Education Association in New Hampshire, says the course lacks rigor and signals a watering down of the state's education standards. ...

A PhD holder scoring a first class at the preceding degree or equivalent is eligible to apply for the post.

The phenomenon that causes people being observed to react differently, the Hawthorne effect, was recently applied to energy conservation in a study by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University. The result of the study was that  households reduced monthly electric use by 2.7 percent on average when they were told their energy use would be monitored.…

The 81 research scholars were identified from across 27 separate domains including agricultural and biological sciences, mathematics, nursing, psychology and veterinary.

At 3.3 lakh, the Common Admission Test for admissions to IIMs and other management institutes has seen the highest number of registrations this year since the exam's inception in 1977. It’s a 30% jump from last year and the highest ever number of women candidates at 1.17 lakh