Amanda Spielman defends schools watchdog after critical report calls for improvement.

An Alabama school district is trying to break the cycle of poverty by enrolling students in programs that allow them to eventually graduate with college credits or degrees.

Headteachers and unions vow to defy government advice after school funding cuts.

I’d read all the books, seen all the documentaries, but I still wasn’t ready for the horrors of America’s schools.

Average teacher income has fallen since 2000, lagging well behind other college graduates’ pay – but unions make a difference. The sorry state of teacher pay in three charts.

Exclusive: Guardian survey shows schools turning to underqualified graduates to put more teachers in the classroom.

En rektor på en kinesisk förskola har nu fått sparken – efter att hon valt att välkomna barnen med en strippstångsdansös. Journalisten Michael Standaert, vars barn går i skolan har nu riktat kritik mot rektorn och skolan, som nu utretts av lokala myndigheter, rapporterar CNN.

På ti år har antall elever som ikke får fullverdig vitnemål fra ungdomsskolen nesten doblet seg. En viktig årsak er migrantstrømmen i 2015–2016.

Headteachers say lack of funds means code of practice is an empty promise.

It's back to school - but for millions the prospect of another school year will not mean new books, bags and subjects. It will be a struggle to get an education against a background of war, conflict and being refugees far from home.

College-educated Americans are increasingly uninterested in teaching jobs – so Arizona has begun to recruit from abroad.

New report shows teacher pay is declining, even as more educators have master’s degrees and doctorates.