The reason for the British class system being as entrenched in 2018 as it was for me back in 1965 is that money buys opportunity.

Every December veteran educator Larry Ferlazzo looks at the year in education news and makes his list of what he thinks the best — and the worst — of it was.

”Jultomten finns inte” – det sa en lärarvikarie till förstaklassarna på en skola i New Jersey i USA. Nu får vikarien inte komma tillbaka till skolan, enligt BBC.

From special educational needs funding to youth centres, post-crash cuts have wrought havoc in Britain’s poorest communities.

Britain has become a nation of “snobs” who think university is the only way to get a good job, the Education Secretary will say on Thursday.

Sæt klare mål for seksualundervisningen i skolen og gør faget obligatorisk for lærerstuderende, lyder det fra organisationen Sex & Samfund.

There’s no rulebook on how to handle a school shooting. And no real way to prepare for one. This week, people take what they’ve learned from these tragedies and try to use that knowledge to save others. (webb-radio)

'We are fighting the problem with one arm tied behind our back'

A growing number of parents and guardians are paying for children as young as four to receive additional tuition. What is fuelling this booming industry?

I den förödda staden Raqqa i Syrien, där IS styrde till för ett år sedan, har barnen börjat återvända till skolorna. Men många barn har förlorat fem års skolgång på grund av kriget och IS som brände läroböcker och använde många av skolorna för militära ändamål.

Confronted with the worsening situation of Iranian educator activists, Education International continues its fight to see jailed education union leaders and members freed, and reiterates its call on its affiliates and concerned citizens around the globe to continue to exert pressure on the Iranian Government to demand the immediate release of the trade union activists.

The thousands of children missing out on key support for diagnosed special educational needs in England is a "national scandal", Ofsted has said.