Två lärare i svenska som andraspråk kommer att tilldelas 10 000 kronor var att använda till fortsatt professionell utveckling. Det ena priset riktar sig till lärare inom barn/ungdomsskolan och det andra priset är avsett för lärare inom sfi/vuxenutbildningen.

Det är stor variation i hur kommuner tar del av det statliga stödet till skolan. Det största hindret för att delta är kravet på att kommunerna själva måste finansiera delar av satsningen.

Bright but disadvantaged boys who do well at the end of primary school fall behind by GCSE according to researchers analysing data on high achieving children.

Every school rated inadequate by Ofsted, up to 1,000 over five years, will become an academy, under a new bill to be published later.

Teachers could be set to strike if they fail to get a "satisfactory outcome" in talks over pay, union leaders warn.

Clever children from disadvantaged homes are being failed by their secondary schools after shining at primary level, a report warns.

Universitetene trenger ledere med solid forskningsbakgrunn, men det betyr ikke at de må være valgt, skriver Nils Chr. Stenseth, Universitetet i Oslo.

Why do so many Chinese students choose US universities?

Education is the most effective challenge to violent extremism, said the incoming head of Oxford University.

Officials in France are seeking to use reforms to improve equity in education, but some teachers and parents suggest the changes may increase the educational divide. One concern is that schools would gain greater autonomy over lessons, which some say could create more differences across the system.

The students in Shanghai are outperforming their peers in other countries in basic skills by a vast margin, according to Andreas Schleicher, director of education and skills at the OECD, who shared the data during a recent education briefing.

Some students in Hong Kong are using their time after school to learn computer coding at a private learning centre called First Code Academy. The lessons are aimed to prepare students for jobs that require programming skills.