Education Strategy

In the last week or two, U.S. universities have been frantically working to get students studying in Japan back safely to the U.S. Now, those with ties to Japan are turning their attention to the future, with many canceling planned spring study abroad programs in the tsunami-and earthquake-ravaged country. The move comes as the U.S. State Department again urged travelers this week to avoid Japan, where workers are still battling a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility.

Heres a list of some of the programs that have been called off:

• The University of California has canceled its upcoming Spring Quarter Abroad program to Kyoto, according to a statement from UCs Education Abroad Program. G

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(08-16) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles —

There’s good news for parents who worry that their teenagers’ sex lives are affecting their school performance: A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don’t have sex.

The same isn’t true for teens who “hook up.” Researchers found that those who have casual flings get lower grades and have more school-related problems compared with those who abstain.

The findings, presented Sunday at a meeting of the American Sociological Association in Atlanta, challenge to some extent assumptions that sexually active teens tend to do poorer in school.

It’s not so much whether a teen has sex that determines academic success, the researchers say, but the type of sexual relationship they’re engaged in.

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