Research shows that the threat of deportation can take an emotional and academic toll on school-age children. In some cases, illegal immigrant parents are choosing to keep children home from school as deportation fears increase, said Zorayda Moreira-Smith, senior director for schools and community development at CASA de Maryland.

Teachers register willingness to join makeshift school at Grande-Synthe camp following report in the Guardian.

Study of 2015 results in England shows 75% of pupils in all-girl secondaries received five good GCSEs compared with 55% going to mixed schools.

Den pakistanska utbildningsaktivisten Malala Yousufzai varnar för att barn som drivits på flykt undan kriget i Syrien riskerar att bli en "förlorad generation". Nästan hälften av de omkring fyra miljoner barn som är på flykt i regionen går inte i skolan, enligt en ny rapport från Malalafonden som BBC tagit del av.

Helsingfors universitet säger upp 570 anställda och bolagiserar verksamheten. Sammanlagt ska personalen minskas med 980 personer före 2018, vilket motsvarar runt en åttondel av antalet anställda.

I Baerums kommun i Norge kommer vakter att placeras ut i närheten av en skola. Orsaken är att föräldrar till elever uttryckt oro över att en asylmottagning med plats för uppemot 550 personer ska öppna några hundra meter från skolan.

Some teachers report being ‘frightened and overwhelmed’ by pressure to support troubled pupils who do not meet the threshold for NHS care.

Thousands of students could be squeezed out of further education if plans for college closures and mergers go ahead, warns the National Union of Students.

Detroit, a US city in the state of Michigan where it is illegal for teachers to strike, has seen a wave of school closures, when large numbers of teachers have called in sick. Last week, 88 out of about 100 state schools in the city were shut for a day by teachers not coming in.

Schools in Shanghai will focus more on the arts under a revised curriculum. "We hope that our children will enjoy visiting theaters, galleries and museums after work to make their life more colorful when they grow up," Shanghai Vice Mayor Weng Tiehui said.

Pakistani authorities on Tuesday closed all the schools in the country's largest province, Punjab, following an alert over possible militant attacks, according to a government notice.

The New Schools Network wants to remove barriers to allow more faith groups to open free schools.