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Final exams are never fun, but for one university class in Russia, their test was particularly bad. Not only did the instructor treat the class as her own personal happy hour, she also made it an impromptu sleepover.

Despite a terrible battle with flesh-eating disease that claimed her left leg, right foot and both hands, Georgia student Aimee Copeland was able to briefly leave her hospital room for the first time in 49 days. And from here, doctors say, her prognosis is good.

While many students invent illnesses in order to play hooky, 17-year-old Hawaiian teen Ciara Cetraro has the unique distinction of never missing a day of school in her entire academic career, dating back to kindergarten. She is hoping to graduate on May 19 with a perfect attendance record.

Twitter isn’t just a place for news or idle chatter. In fact, a new study reveals the microblogging service could be a powerful tool for educators, too.

In an effort to accommodate students with varying levels of advancement and in reaction to state budgetary cuts, at least 30 states in the US now let elementary and high school students take all their courses online. According to Evergreen Education Group, a consulting firm that works with online schools, an estimated 250,000 students nationwide are enrolled in full-time virtual schools, a 40 perc

Balloons weren’t the only things broken at a massive water balloon fight recently staged by the University of Kentucky’s Christian Student Fellowship. The nearly 9,000 students who participated in the childish fun shattered the previous Guinness world record for largest water balloon fight of 3,927 participants, which was set by Brigham Young University students in 2010.

An new Missouri law, aimed at protecting children from sexual predators, has made it illegal for teachers and their past and present school-aged students to friend each other on Facebook.