Hundreds of school districts across the country have given staff access to guns, seeing the weaponry not as a political statement but a practical response to a potent threat.

Figures released on national school offer day show pressure on classrooms is most intense in south-east England.

To address the attainment gap, we must increase access to learning for all children and help them identify opportunities, writes Sonia Blandford, author of Born to Fail? A Working Class View and chief executive of the educational charity Achievement for All.

Richard Appiah Akoto undervisar i datoranvändning – utan att använda några datorer. Foton av den ghananska läraren som lär ut data med hjälp av svarta tavlan har blivit en viral succé och har delats tusentals gånger på sociala medier.

"Barn burde få ha fritiden sin i fred", sier Magnus (16). Han er en av elevene som har fått politikerne i Moss med på å teste leksefri skole. Flere andre steder i Norge kan også få leksefrie skoler.

‘Unconditional positive regard’ towards even badly behaved pupils is growing in popularity.

Barriers to outside play particularly affect children from low income and BAME households. Can education help?

Regeringen forsøger at fordele svage elever, men samler samtidig de stærke, mener elever og rektorer.

Regeringen vil øremærke en milliard kroner om året til kommuner, der får indvandrere og efterkommere med ikke-vestlig baggrund i uddannelse og arbejde.

Gymnasier skal i højere grad selv bestemme, hvilke ansøgere de vil optage, mener regeringen.

The nation’s leading group of pediatricians has updated its guidelines for tackling teen mental health issues. One recommendation: Annual depression screening for all adolescents 12 and older.

"Hannah Lewis is a big, fat, lanky slag with greasy hair, a spotty face and a big nose." Those words haunted me throughout my adolescence," says Hannah, now 24.