England's Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference will recruit and train about 100 graduates of top universities through a new teacher training programme beginning next year. The programme is being launched in response to what officials say is a shortage of talented teachers. Graduates will be certified to teach in private and state schools in the country.

The United Arab Emirates is planning to tighten requirements for classroom teachers starting next year. However, some officials are urging that the requirements be phased in slowly to avoid losing talented teachers. The new licenses may be based on completion of a training programme or an exam.

Turkey has lifted a ban on the Islamic-style headscarf in schools, allowing girls from the fifth grade and up to cover their hair in a further easing of generations-old restrictions on the public expression of faith.

New education secretary uses Conservative party conference speech to reach out to teaching unions.

30 elever på Frederiksodde Skolen i Fredericia har fået nedsat deres skoleuge til 30 timer. Skolen udnytter en bestemmelse om, at specialskoler kan søge om nedsættelse, hvis der er ekstra personale på i klassen. Ministeren har netop præciseret reglerne i et brev til kommunerne.

Undervisningsministeriet vil om nogle år kunne diagnosticere skolebørn med talblindhed. Samtidig har ordblindeefterskoler og VIA University College etableret en videreuddannelse for lærere, der underviser talblinde børn.

The National Union of Teachers calls on the education secretary to tackle excessive workloads or face more strike action.

Seventy percent of the teachers at two Colorado schools refused to work as conservative Jefferson County board tries to change courses and teacher contracts Colorado little rebels protest against changes to curriculum.

As the memorial service for Ann Maguire takes place today, we look at how the number of student attacks on teachers has risen over the past few years.

While 70 per cent of teachers believe 'sexting' and cyber bullying to be on the rise, a new study suggests that some schools could be doing more to address the issue.

Hver syvende skoleleder er blevet sparet væk de seneste fire år. Flere besparelser er på vej.

Den hårda konkurrensen om Kinas bästa skolor kräver blodsoffer – bokstavligt talat. Nu kan kinesiska föräldrar donera blod för att bättra på sina barns provresultat. Det skriver South China Morning Post.