Corporal punishment is legal in 19 states. However, 31 states have banned the practice, and some large, urban school districts have implemented their own bans - even if corporal punishment is allowed statewide. Some education groups, activists and parents are seeking further bans on the practice.

It began with a test-fixing scandal so massive that it led to 2,000 arrests, including top politicians, academics and doctors. Then suspects started turning up dead. What is the truth behind the story that has gripped India?

Women aged 18 are 35% more likely to start a degree course than their male counterparts, Ucas claims.

German universities are helping refugee students to continue their education and become beacons of hope for other endangered young people.

Further education colleges in England face a "looming crisis" in funding, warns a committee of MPs.

Forældres valg af daginstitution har betydning for barnets senere præstationer i skolen, viser undersøgelse.

One city closed schools and the other didn’t, showing the murky calculus of defending against terrorist attacks.

The authorities at Peshawar's Army Public School (APS) have carried out massive renovations in an attempt to remove the memory of the 16 December 2014 attack by the Pakistan Taliban that claimed 150 lives. But the first anniversary has laid bare the scars left by the tragedy.

Even with financial aid or low tuition costs, many low-income students struggle to cover the cost of attending college.  

Continuing the successes of London’s schools means recognising the true reasons for their improvement and meeting the need for more teachers and pupil places.

Över 1.000 skolor med 640.000 elever stängdes i Los Angeles på tisdagsmorgonen sedan man mottagit ett hot. Nu uppger FBI att bombhotet var en bluff, enligt Los Angeles guvernör. Skolorna kommer att öppna igen på onsdagsmorgonen, uppger Reuters.

En man har gripits efter att flera sjuåringar på en skola i Rygge i Norge uppvisat förgiftningssymptom efter att de ätit piller, som polisen tror att de hittat på skolområdet. Fyra av barnen fick köras till sjukhus.