The problem schools of cliche are all urban – but these days, the real problems are further afield, where it has always been hard to keep the best staff. As young teachers watch their friends streaming to the big cities, can a new scheme persuade them to choose places like Blackpool?

Campaigners call for day of action in November and strike in 2016 over ‘biggest attack on public education in decades’.

Fewer children face being targeted in the playground, but girls are more at risk of aggressive behaviour via social media.

It will take a decade to bring maths teaching in England up to the best international standards, say independent subject advisers.

Lærere, der underviser i deres linjefag, tror på, »det er cool at være dygtig« samt et målrettet arbejde med skolens værdier. Det er nogle af kendetegnene ved privatskoler, der præsterer højt.

A leading head has said maths teachers, who are in low supply and high demand, are being offered large pay rises to persuade them to move schools.

Provincial education secretary Abdul Saboor Kakar announces move, along with sacking of 450 absentee teachers.

En våg av protester mot att svarta studenter utsätts för diskriminering och rasistiska övergrepp sveper över universitet i USA. Det sker i spåren av en rad uppmärksammade fall av polisvåld mot svarta.

Over halvdelen af forældrene til børn i folkeskolen er utilfredse med børnenes længere skoledage.

Ett trettiotal skolelever insjuknade på onsdagen plötsligt i en skola i norra England. Eleverna klagade på att de kände sig svimfärdiga och några har kollapsat. Två elever har förts till sjukhus.

Lack of aspirations and expectations are partly to blame for white British underperforming, experts said.

Amid debate over city-wide exams, study shows how school stress can affect primary pupils.