Dubai-based Varkey Foundation awards prize to Nancie Atwell, from Maine, who developed method to encourage literacy among students.

A controversial form of testing for four- and five-year-olds – to be trialled in September before being rolled out nationally next year – is designed to give teachers an indication of what their pupils can manage when they start compulsory schooling.

Thirty Shanghai teachers have been flown in by the Department for Education in the hope they can raise flagging standards in schools across England.

With deadly attacks on schools increasing worldwide, governments are being urged to help save education from the bullet and the bomb.

Norge har kulturpolitiske ordninger i skolen som mange land i Europa misunner oss.

Her er de nye skjemaene som skal erstatte de omstridte rektorkontraktene i Oslo-skolen. Fortsatt inngår elevenes resultater på nasjonale prøver og Elevundersøkelsen som en del av en omstridt vurdering og lønnsgrunnlag for skolelederne.

Uddannelsesminister Sofie Carsten Nielsen (R) anbefaler andre uddannelser at kopiere læreruddannelsernes optagelsessamtaler.

BBC vill ge skolbarnen i Storbritannien en genväg in i programmeringsvärlden. En minidator som kompletterar den populära Raspberry Pi.

Teaching unions react angrily to the latest pay deal, under which top teachers in England could get rises of up to 2%.

The BBC has launched its Make it Digital initiative with new hardware for schools and a raft of coding-based content.

While 82% of teachers say their workload is unmanageable, 97% believe school should be as much about encouraging a love of learning as exam results.

Korta dagar, få läxor och ändå i världens utbildningstopp. När SvD letar efter nyckeln till den finska skolans framgång hittar vi den i en särskild övningsskola för lärarstudenter i Helsingfors.